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Sensitivity Analysis with Reliability Analysis
Sensitivity analysis integrated with reliability analysis is a quantitative engineering method that determines how uncertainty or variation in each system input — such as component failure rates, material properties, or load distributions — propagates into overall system reliability. By computing importance measures for every uncertain parameter, analysts can rank components and assumptions by their influence on system dependability, focusing improvement efforts where they matter most.
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- Saltelli, A., Ratto, M., Andres, T., Campolongo, F., Cariboni, J., Gatelli, D., Saisana, M., & Tarantola, S. (2008). Global Sensitivity Analysis: The Primer. Wiley. ISBN: 978-0470059975
- Borgonovo, E., & Apostolakis, G. E. (2001). A new importance measure for risk-informed decision making. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 72(2), 193–212. DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00108-3 ↗