Methodology for global sensitivity analysis of consequence models

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 792-802

  Gant, S E ^a   Kelsey, A ^a   McNally, K ^a   Witlox, H W M ^b   Bilio, M ^c  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b DNV GL   (Norway)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Consequence modelling; Emulator; Phast; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; EMULATOR; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; GROUND-SURFACE ROUGHNESS; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PHAST; SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

DISPERSIONS; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; ORIFICES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND EFFECTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84876959857     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlp.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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