On the relative importance of input factors in mathematical models: Safety assessment for nuclear waste disposal

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 459, 2002, Pages 702-709

  Saltelli, Andrea ^a   Tarantola, Stefano ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Correlated input; Nonadditive model; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036744550     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/016214502388618447     Document Type: Review

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