Uncertainty analysis in a mechanistic model of bacterial regrowth in distribution systems

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 5925-5931

  Digiano, Francis A ^a   Zhang, Weidong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Vice President Residuals Group Practice Leader   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; WATER;

BACTERIAL REGROWTH; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS (DS);

BACTERIA;

CHLORINE; WATER;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHLORINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 8544272534     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049745l     Document Type: Article

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