Joint propagation of variability and imprecision in assessing the risk of groundwater contamination

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 72-84

  Baudrit, Cédric ^a   Guyonnet, Dominique ^b   Dubois, Didier ^a  

^a IRIT   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Joint propagation; Monte Carlo; Possibility Theory; Risk assessment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

JOINT-PROPAGATION; POSSIBILITY THEORY; RANDOMLY SAMPLED; TOLERANCE THRESHOLD;

CONTAMINATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VARIANCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 34447640174     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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