Paper Info
Title
A modified Sobol′ sensitivity analysis method for decision-making in environmental problems
Abstract
Sensitivity analysis is an important component of environmental modelling and in recent years, variance-based, global sensitivity analysis techniques, such as Sobol′, have been a preferred approach for achieving this. However, these techniques are generally only applicable to simulation models and not to models used to rank alternative options, such as multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods. In order to overcome this limitation, a modified Sobol′ method for MCDA (Sobol′-MCDA) is introduced in this paper. The method has the following features: (i) it enables the stability or robustness of the relative ranking of two alternatives to be assessed in the light of changes in assessment criteria and stakeholder preferences; and (ii) it enables the sensitivity of the ranking of two alternatives to changes in assessment criteria and stakeholder preferences to be assessed. The approach is demonstrated for a water resources case study from the literature consisting of seven alternatives and ten assessment criteria.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.10.001
Environmental Modelling & Software
Keywords
Field
DocType
Global sensitivity analysis,Sobol′,Multi criteria decision analysis,Ranking robustness
Decision analysis,Data mining,Multiple-criteria decision analysis,Stakeholder,Ranking,Computer science,Robustness (computer science),Simulation modeling,Global sensitivity analysis,Sobol sequence
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
75
C
1364-8152
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.60
21
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Arman Ganji160.60
Holger R. Maier273872.97
Graeme C. Dandy344147.01