Uncertainty importance analysis using parametric moment ratio functions

Risk Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-234

  Wei, Pengfei ^a   Lu, Zhenzhou ^a   Song, Jingwen ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Parametric mean ratio function; Parametric variance ratio function; Uncertainty importance analysis; Uncertainty reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894250993     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12111     Document Type: Article

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