Bayesian and sensitivity analysis approaches to modeling the direct solar irradiance

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 394-405

  Lauret, Philippe ^a   David, Mathieu ^a   Fock, Eric ^a   Bastide, Alain ^a   Riviere, Carine ^a  

^a Groupe d'Etude sur l'Inflammation Chronique et l'Obésité GEICO EA 4516 Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Direct solar irradiance; Neural network; Pruning; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY;

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; DIRECT SOLAR IRRADIANCE; PRUNING;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 33748455685     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2210495     Document Type: Article

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