Formal procedure for probabilistic quantification of modeling uncertainties employed in phenomenological transient models

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 132-144

  Ahn, Kwang Il ^a   Kim, Hee Dong ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; TRANSIENTS;

PHENOMENOLOGICAL TRANSIENT MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0033876463     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT00-A3082     Document Type: Article

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