Overview
- Provides a step-by-step practical guide to the uncertainty analysis of computer models
- Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the suggested methods
- Points out the benefits of an uncertainty analysis for model robustness and the reliability of the results
- Explains the difference between aleatory and epistemic uncertainty
- Includes practical examples
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book is a practical guide to the uncertainty analysis of computer model applications. Used in many areas, such as engineering, ecology and economics, computer models are subject to various uncertainties at the level of model formulations, parameter values and input data. Naturally, it would be advantageous to know the combined effect of these uncertainties on the model results as well as whether the state of knowledge should be improved in order to reduce the uncertainty of the results most effectively. The book supports decision-makers, model developers and users in their argumentation for an uncertainty analysis and assists them in the interpretation of the analysis results.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Eduard Hofer holds a Master of Science diploma with distinction in mathematics from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. He developed a method for the numerical solution of initial value problems with large systems of stiff first-order ordinary differential equations. He also designed a non-commercial, PC-based software system for uncertainty analysis of results from computer models and conducted the uncertainty analysis of numerous applications of computationally demanding computer models. Hofer served on the external peer-review committee of a major US dose reconstruction study with the subtask in uncertainty and sensitivity analysis, and contributed to numerous international conferences. Furthermore, he received an award for his contributions in the field of probabilistic risk assessment.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Uncertainty Analysis of Model Results
Book Subtitle: A Practical Guide
Authors: Eduard Hofer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76297-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76296-8Published: 14 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09456-0Published: 11 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76297-5Published: 02 May 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 346
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 107 illustrations in colour
Topics: Statistical Theory and Methods, Simulation and Modeling, Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Math. Appl. in Environmental Science, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk