An effective screening design for sensitivity analysis of large models

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1509-1518

  Campolongo, Francesca ^a   Cariboni, Jessica ^a,b   Saltelli, Andrea ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dimethylsulphide (DMS); Effective sampling strategy; Model free methods; Screening problem; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DIMETHYLSULPHIDE (DMS); EFFECTIVE SAMPLING STRATEGY; MODEL FREE METHODS; SCREENING PROBLEM;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL REACTION; DIMETHYLSULFIDE; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34147165083     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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