Sensitivity analysis for complex ecological models - A new approach

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-134

  Makler Pick, Vardit ^a   Gal, Gideon ^b   Gorfine, Malka ^a   Hipsey, Matthew R ^c   Carmel, Yohay ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

DYRESM CAEDYM; Ecosystem model; Global sensitivity; Lake Kinneret; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CPU TIME; DATA COLLECTION; DYNAMIC RESERVOIR SIMULATION MODELS; DYRESM-CAEDYM; ECOLOGICAL MODELS; ECOSYSTEM MODEL; GENERAL LINEAR MODELS; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; LAKE KINNERET; MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL VARIABLES; MULTIPARAMETERS; NEW APPROACHES; NUTRIENT BUDGETS; OUTPUT VARIABLES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATERIALS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RECURSIVE PARTITIONING; REGRESSION TREES; STORAGE REQUIREMENTS; SUB-COMPONENTS; HYDRODYNAMIC-ECOLOGICAL MODELS;

ALGAE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; PLANKTON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAMETER; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

CHLOROPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 78049294603     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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