The use of graph theory in the sensitivity analysis of the model output: A second order screening method

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Campolongo, Francesca ^a   Braddock, Roger ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational efficiency; Handcuffed prisoner problem; Morris method; Two factor interaction effects

Indexed keywords

HANDCUFFED PRISONER PROBLEM; MORRIS METHOD; SECOND ORDER SCREENING METHOD;

GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 0033117225     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(98)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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