Contribution to the sample mean plot for graphical and numerical sensitivity analysis

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1041-1049

  Bolado Lavin, R ^a   Castaings, W ^b   Tarantola, S ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Importance measure; Monte Carlo simulation; Permutation test; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GEOSPHERE; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; GRAPHICAL TOOLS; IMPORTANCE MEASURE; META-MODELLING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEW APPROACHES; NUCLEAR WASTES; NUMERICAL SENSITIVITIES; PERMUTATION TEST; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; STATE-DEPENDENT PARAMETERS; UNDERGROUND DISPOSALS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 61349173070     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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