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Title: Uncertainty quantification and error analysis

Conference ·
OSTI ID:983919

UQ studies all sources of error and uncertainty, including: systematic and stochastic measurement error; ignorance; limitations of theoretical models; limitations of numerical representations of those models; limitations on the accuracy and reliability of computations, approximations, and algorithms; and human error. A more precise definition for UQ is suggested below.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
983919
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-10-00262; LA-UR-10-262; TRN: US201015%%786
Resource Relation:
Conference: Workshop on Scientific Challenges in National Security:the Role of Computing at the Extreme Scale ; October 12, 2009 ; Gaithersburg
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English