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Vectorized Uncertainty Propagation and Input Probability Sensitivity Analysis

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Abstract

In this article we construct a theoretical and computational process for assessing Input Probability Sensitivity Analysis (IPSA) using a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) enabled technique called Vectorized Uncertainty Propagation (VUP). VUP propagates probability distributions through a parametric computational model in a way that's computational time complexity grows sublinearly in the number of distinct propagated input probability distributions. VUP can therefore be used to efficiently implement IPSA, which estimates a model's probabilistic sensitivity to measurement and parametric uncertainty over each relevant measurement location. Theory and simulation illustrate the effectiveness of these methods.

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@article{arxiv.1908.11246,
  title  = {Vectorized Uncertainty Propagation and Input Probability Sensitivity Analysis},
  author = {Kevin Vanslette and Arwa Alanqari and Zeyad Al-awwad and Kamal Youcef-Toumi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.11246},
  year   = {2019}
}
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