Global sensitivity analysis: A flexible and efficient framework with an example from stochastic hydrogeology

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-22

  Oladyshkin, S ^a   de Barros, F P J ^b   Nowak, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arbitrary polynomial chaos expansion; Global sensitivity analysis; Orthonormal basis; Response surface methods; Stochastic hydrogeology

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY POLYNOMIAL; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ORTHONORMAL BASIS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; STOCHASTIC HYDROGEOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POLYNOMIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; DATA ACQUISITION; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; HYDROGEOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; POROUS MEDIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84855252066     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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