Efficient sampling techniques for uncertainties in risk analysis

Environmental Progress

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-157

  Wang, Renyou ^a   Diwekar, Urmila ^a   Padró, Catherine E Grégoire ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Hammersley sampling techique; Latin hypercube Hammersley sequence

Indexed keywords

HAMMERSLEY SAMPLING TECHNIQUE; LATIN HYPERCUBE HAMMERSLEY SEQUENCE; RISK ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE;

DECISION MAKING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING; TOXICITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 3242662750     PISSN: 02784491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ep.10020     Document Type: Article

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