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Sensitivity analysis (SA) is a procedure for studying how sensitive are the output results of large-scale mathematical models to some uncertainties of the input data. The models are described as a system of partial differential equations.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-20 Ivan Dimov , Rayna Georgieva

This paper presents a spatial Global Sensitivity Analysis (GSA) approach in a 2D shallow water equations based High Resolution (HR) flood model. The aim of a spatial GSA is to produce sensitivity maps which are based on Sobol index…

Applications · Statistics 2016-03-24 M Abily , N. Bertrand , O Delestre , P Gourbesville , C. -M. Duluc

Predictions from science and engineering models depend on several input parameters. Global sensitivity analysis quantifies the importance of each input parameter, which can lead to insight into the model and reduced computational cost;…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-28 Paul G. Constantine , Paul Diaz

This paper proposes a generalized passivity sensitivity analysis for power system stability studies. The method uncovers the most effective instability mitigation actions for both device-level and system-level investigations. The particular…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-11 Dongyeong Lee , Francisco Javier Cifuentes Garcia , Jef Beerten

Traditionally, the sensitivity analysis of a Bayesian network studies the impact of individually modifying the entries of its conditional probability tables in a one-at-a-time (OAT) fashion. However, this approach fails to give a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-06-11 Rafael Ballester-Ripoll , Manuele Leonelli

We show how to apply Sobol's method of global sensitivity analysis to measure the influence exerted by a set of nodes' evidence on a quantity of interest expressed by a Bayesian network. Our method exploits the network structure so as to…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-10-11 Rafael Ballester-Ripoll , Manuele Leonelli

Ensuring that a predictor is not biased against a sensible feature is the key of Fairness learning. Conversely, Global Sensitivity Analysis is used in numerous contexts to monitor the influence of any feature on an output variable. We…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2021-09-21 Clément Bénesse , Fabrice Gamboa , Jean-Michel Loubes , Thibaut Boissin

Sensitivity analysis plays an important role in the development of computer models/simulators through identifying the contribution of each (uncertain) input factor to the model output variability. This report investigates different aspects…

Computation · Statistics 2022-06-24 Hossein Mohammadi , Peter Challenor , Clémentine Prieur

High-fidelity simulations and physical experiments are essential for engineering analysis and design, yet their high cost often makes two critical tasks--global sensitivity analysis (GSA) and optimization--prohibitively expensive. This…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Bach Do , Nafeezat A. Ajenifuja , Taiwo A. Adebiyi , Ruda Zhang

The in vitro transcription (IVT) process is a critical step in RNA production. To ensure the efficiency of RNA manufacturing, it is essential to optimize and identify its key influencing factors. In this study, multiple Gaussian Process…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2024-11-01 Min Tao , Adithya Nair , Ioanna Kalospyrou , Robert A Milton , Mabrouka Maamra , Zoltan Kis , Joan Cordiner , Solomon F Brown

Biomechanical models often need to describe very complex systems, organs or diseases, and hence also include a large number of parameters. One of the attractive features of physics-based models is that in those models (most) parameters have…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-01-10 Barbara Wirthl , Sebastian Brandstaeter , Jonas Nitzler , Bernhard A. Schrefler , Wolfgang A. Wall

We present a framework for derivative-based global sensitivity analysis (GSA) for models with high-dimensional input parameters and functional outputs. We combine ideas from derivative-based GSA, random field representation via…

Computation · Statistics 2019-08-19 Helen L. Cleaves , Alen Alexanderian , Hayley Guy , Ralph C. Smith , Meilin Yu

Current studies on adversarial robustness mainly focus on aggregating local robustness results from a set of data samples to evaluate and rank different models. However, the local statistics may not well represent the true global robustness…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Zaitang Li , Pin-Yu Chen , Tsung-Yi Ho

We consider the problem of active learning for global sensitivity analysis of expensive black-box functions. Our aim is to efficiently learn the importance of different input variables, e.g., in vehicle safety experimentation, we study the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Syrine Belakaria , Benjamin Letham , Janardhan Rao Doppa , Barbara Engelhardt , Stefano Ermon , Eytan Bakshy

Global sensitivity analysis (GSA) of functional-output models is usually performed by combining statistical techniques, such as basis expansions, metamodeling and sampling based estimation of sensitivity indices. By neglecting truncation…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-12-22 Yuri Taglieri Sáo , Olivier Roustant , Geraldo de Freitas Maciel

The sensitivity of parameters in computational science problems is difficult to assess, especially for algorithms with multiple input parameters and diverse outputs. This work seeks to explore sensitivity analysis in the visualization…

Sensitivity analysis is an important part of a mathematical modeller's toolbox for model analysis. In this review paper, we describe the most frequently used sensitivity techniques, discussing their advantages and limitations, before…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2020-01-14 George Qian , Adam Mahdi

Global sensitivity metrics are essential tools for assessing parameter importance in complex models, particularly when precise information about parameter values is unavailable. In many cases, such metrics are used to provide parameter…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Huiyan Zou , Allison L. Lewis

Sentiment analysis (SA) is commonly applied to digital textual data, revealing insight into opinions and feelings. Many systematic reviews have summarized existing work, but often overlook discussions of validity and scientific practices.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Laura E. M. Ayravainen , Joanne Hinds , Brittany I. Davidson

Sensitivity analysis (SA) has much to offer for a very large class of applications, such as model selection, calibration, optimization, quality assurance and many others. Sensitivity analysis offers crucial contextual information regarding…