Efficient subspace methods-based algorithms for performing sensitivity, uncertainty, and adaptive simulation of large-scale computational models

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 256-272

  Abdel Khalik, Hany S ^a   Turinsky, Paul J ^a   Jessee, Matthew A ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EFFICIENT SUBSPACE METHOD; FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT; HIGHER-ORDER APPROXIMATION; MATHEMATICAL APPROACH; NUCLEAR REACTOR SIMULATION; PREDICTIVE SIMULATIONS; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 47049126146     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE159-256     Document Type: Article

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