Accounting for both random errors and systematic errors in uncertainty propagation analysis of computer models involving experimental measurements with Monte Carlo methods

Risk Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1669-1681

  Vasquez, Victor R ^a   Whiting, Wallace B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias error; Monte Carlo; Random error; Statistical methods; Stochastic processes; Systematic error; Uncertainty; Uncertainty propogation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

BIAS ERROR; MONTE CARLO; RANDOM ERROR; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER MODEL; DECISION MAKING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ERROR; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 31944440290     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00704.x     Document Type: Review

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