Bayesian analysis of computer code outputs: A tutorial

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 91, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1290-1300

  O'Hagan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Calibration; Dimensionality reduction; Emulator; Gaussian process; Roughness; Screening; Sensitivity analysis; Smoothness; Uncertainty analysis; Validation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; RESOURCE VALUATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BAYESIAN STATISTIC; GAUSSIAN PROCESS; SMOOTHNESS; TUTORIAL;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 33745699573     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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