Comparing global sensitivity analysis for a biofilm model for two-step nitrification using the qualitative screening method of Morris or the quantitative variance-based Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test (FAST)

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 85-93

  Brockmann, D ^a   Morgenroth, E ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm model; Global sensitivity analysis; Nitrification; Screening method; Variance based method; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

FOURIER AMPLITUDE SENSITIVITY TEST (FAST); GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SCREENING METHOD; VARIANCE-BASED METHOD;

NITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITRITE; OXYGEN;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIOFILM; MODELING; NITRIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLOW RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NITRIFICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRITES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 37249084726     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.600     Document Type: Article

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