Variable screening and ranking using sampling-based sensitivity measures

Wu, YT

doi:10.1016/j.ress.2005.05.004

Variable screening and ranking using sampling-based sensitivity measures

2006-06-01

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DOI：10.1016/j.ress.2005.05.004

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This paper presents a methodology for screening insignificant random variables and ranking significant important random variables using sensitivity measures including two cumulative distribution function (CDF)-based and two mean-response based measures. The methodology features (1) using random samples to compute sensitivities and (2) using acceptance limits, derived from the test-of-hypothesis, to classify significant and insignificant random variables. Because no approximation is needed in either the form of the performance functions or the type of continuous distribution functions representing input variables, the sampling-based approach can handle highly nonlinear functions with non-normal variables. The main characteristics and effectiveness of the sampling-based sensitivity measures are investigated using both simple and complex examples. Because the number of samples needed does not depend on the number of variables, the methodology appears to be particularly suitable for problems with large, complex models that have large numbers of random variables but relatively few numbers of significant random variables. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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uncertainty importance ranking

sensitivity analysis

reliability methods

risk assessment

probabilistic method

CDF sensitivity

variable screening

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