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Complex Systems Models and Their Applications: Towards a New Science of Verification, Validation & Uncertainty Quantification

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1431458· OSTI ID:1431458
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  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
  3. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  4. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)
  5. WLO Consulting, Austin, TX (United States)

This report contains the written footprint of a Sandia-hosted workshop held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 22-23, 2016 on “Complex Systems Models and Their Applications: Towards a New Science of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification,” as well as of pre-work that fed into the workshop. The workshop’s intent was to explore and begin articulating research opportunities at the intersection between two important Sandia communities: the complex systems (CS) modeling community, and the verification, validation and uncertainty quantification (VVUQ) community The overarching research opportunity (and challenge) that we ultimately hope to address is: how can we quantify the credibility of knowledge gained from complex systems models, knowledge that is often incomplete and interim, but will nonetheless be used, sometimes in real-time, by decision makers?

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1431458
Report Number(s):
SAND2016-8409; 646953
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English