Screening the input variables to a computer model via analysis of variance and visualization

Screening: Methods for Experimentation in Industry, Drug Discovery, and Genetics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 308-327

  Schonlau, Matthias ^a   Welch, William J ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84891414971     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-28014-6_14     Document Type: Chapter

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