Global sensitivity analysis of England's housing energy model

Journal of Building Performance Simulation

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 283-294

  Hughes, Martin ^a   Palmer, Jason ^a   Cheng, Vicky ^b   Shipworth, David ^c  

^a CAMBRIDGE ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cambridge Housing Model; elementary effects; global sensitivity analysis; household energy; uncertainty analysis; variance based analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ELEMENTARY EFFECTS; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSING MODELS; VARIANCE-BASED ANALYSIS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84945493211     PISSN: 19401493     EISSN: 19401507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19401493.2014.925505     Document Type: Article

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