Inference in ensemble experiments

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1857, 2007, Pages 2133-2143

  Rougier, Jonathan ^a   Sexton, David M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Designed ensemble; Emulator; Importance sampling; Monte carlo ensemble; Screening; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547236491     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2071     Document Type: Article

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