Multiple predictor smoothing methods for sensitivity analysis: Example results

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-77

  Storlie, Curtis B ^a   Helton, Jon C ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive models; Epistemic uncertainty; Locally weighted regression; Nonparametric regression; Projection pursuit regression; Recursive partitioning regression; Scatterplot smoothing; Sensitivity analysis; Stepwise selection; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

LOCALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; NONPARAMETRIC REGRESSION; PROJECTION PURSUIT REGRESSION; RECURSIVE PARTITIONING REGRESSION; SCATTERPLOT SMOOTHING; STEPWISE SELECTION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 34548576866     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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