Systematic identifiability study based on the Fisher Information Matrix for reducing the number of parameters calibration of an activated sludge model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1274-1284

  Machado, Vinicius Cunha ^a   Tapia, Gladys ^a   Gabriel, David ^a   Lafuente, Javier ^a   Baeza, Juan Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

A2 O; ASM2d; Calibration; FIM; Modelling; Validation; WWTP

Indexed keywords

A2/O; ASM2D; FIM; MODELLING; VALIDATION; WWTP;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CALIBRATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SET THEORY;

FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIUM; CALIBRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650729432     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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