Illustration of sampling-based methods for uncertainty and sensitivity analysis

Risk Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 591-622

  Helton, J C ^a,b   Davis, F J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chi square; Common mean; Common median; Correlation coefficient; Epistemic uncertainty; Kruskal Wallis; Latin hypercube sampling; Monte Carlo; Partial correlation coefficient; Random sampling; Rank transform; Regression analysis; Replicated sampling; Scatter plot

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036080354     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0272-4332.00041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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