A new importance measure for sensitivity analysis

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-61

  Liu, Qiao ^a,b   Homma, Toshimitsu ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Importance measures; Sensitivity analysis; Sensitivity indicators; Sensitivity indices; Sensitivity measures; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX ENGINEERING SYSTEM; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; IMPORTANCE MEASURE; IMPORTANCE MEASURES; INPUT PARAMETER; INTEGRAL PART; MODEL INPUTS; MODEL OUTPUTS; NONMONOTONIC; OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION; RISK MODEL; SENSITIVITY INDICATORS; SENSITIVITY INDICES;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 74349112313     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3327/jnst.47.53     Document Type: Article

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