Sensitivity analysis of a hierarchical qualitative model for sustainability assessment of cropping systems

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 27-28, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-22

  Carpani, Marta ^a   Bergez, Jacques Eric ^a   Monod, Hervé ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UR341 National Agronomical Research Institute (INRA)   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural sustainability; ANOVA; Conditional probabilities; DEXi; Hierarchical qualitative model; MASC; Monte Carlo sampling; Sensitivity index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; DEXI; MASC; MONTE-CARLO SAMPLING; QUALITATIVE MODEL; SENSITIVITY INDICES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA);

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CORRELATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMING SYSTEM; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION THEORY; FARM CROPS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84855526094     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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