Sensitivity Analysis in Practice: A Guide to Assessing Scientific Models (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780470870938)

Sensitivity analysis should be considered a pre-requisite for statistical model building in any scientific discipline where modelling takes place. For a non-expert, choosing the method of analysis for their model is complex, and depends on a number of factors. This book guides the non-expert through their problem in order to enable them to choose and apply the most appropriate method. It offers a review of the state-of-the-art in sensitivity analysis, and is suitable for a wide range of practitioners. It is focussed on the use of SIMLAB - a widely distributed freely-available sensitivity analysis software package developed by the authors - for solving problems in sensitivity analysis of statistical models.

Other key features:

• Provides an accessible overview of the current most widely used methods for sensitivity analysis.
• Opens with a detailed worked example to explain the motivation behind the book.
• Includes a range of examples to help illustrate the concepts discussed.
• Focuses on implementation of the methods in the software SIMLAB - a freely-available sensitivity analysis software package developed by the authors.
• Contains a large number of references to sources for further reading.
• Authored by the leading authorities on sensitivity analysis.

Author: Andrea Saltelli,Stefano Tarantola,Francesca Campolongo
ISBN-10: 0470870931
ISBN-13: 9780470870938
Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
Published: 04/02/2004
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.26w x 0.70d