Non-parametric methods for global sensitivity analysis of model output with dependent inputs

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 72, Issue , 2015, Pages 173-183

  Mara, Thierry A ^a   Tarantola, Stefano ^b   Annoni, Paola ^c  

^a Univ Reunion 15 Ave Rene C   (Reunion)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dependent contributions; Dependent inputs; Iman Conover sampling procedure; Independent contributions; Radionuclide migration; Rosenblatt transformation; Variance based sensitivity indices

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECOLOGY;

DEPENDENT CONTRIBUTIONS; DEPENDENT INPUTS; INDEPENDENT CONTRIBUTIONS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; ROSENBLATT TRANSFORMATIONS; SAMPLING PROCEDURES; VARIANCE-BASED SENSITIVITY INDICES;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84938073713     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.07.010     Document Type: Article

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