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Sensitivity analysis - definitions

Sensitivity analysis : a procedure to determine the sensitivity of the outcomes of an alternative to changes in its parameters; it is used to ascertain how a given model output depends upon the input parameters.

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Source: Martin Eppler, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml External , 10-Feb-2009 12:41


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sensitivity analysis- [statistics] Analysis designed to test the robustness of model **and analytical results to ensure that small changes in model parameters or data structure do not exhibit large changes in the results.

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Source: esri, 15 August 2012 09:19:10, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation External


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