An introduction to sensitivity assessment of simulation models

Norton, John

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An introduction to sensitivity assessment of simulation models

Date

2015-07-01

Authors

Norton, John

Abstract

In view of increasing application of sensitivity assessment (SA) to environmental simulation models, a relatively short, informal introduction to aims and methods of SA is given. Their variety, motivation and scope are illustrated by outlines of a broad selection of approaches. Methods based on derivatives, algebraic analysis, sparse sampling, variance decomposition, Fourier analysis and binary classification are included.