Multivariate aspects of model uncertainty analysis: Tools for sensitivity analysis and calibration

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-13

  Klepper, Olivier ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calibration; Model reduction; Multivariate analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; MODELLING; MODELLING APPROACH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030813850     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(96)01922-9     Document Type: Article

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