A review on global sensitivity analysis methods

This chapter makes a review, in a complete methodological framework, of various global sensitivity analysis methods of model output. Numerous statistical and probabilistic tools (regression, smoothing, tests, statistical learning, Monte Carlo, \ldots) aim at determining the model input variables which mostly contribute to an interest quantity depending on model output. This quantity can be for instance the variance of an output variable. Three kinds of methods are distinguished: the screening (coarse sorting of the most influential inputs among a large number), the measures of importance (quantitative sensitivity indices) and the deep exploration of the model behaviour (measuring the effects of inputs on their all variation range). A progressive application methodology is illustrated on a scholar application. A synthesis is given to place every method according to several axes, mainly the cost in number of model evaluations, the model complexity and the nature of brought information.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Source Uncertainty management in Simulation-Optimization of Complex Systems: Algorithms and Applications
Author Iooss, Bertrand, Lemaître, Paul
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 5, 2026, 15:53 (UTC)
Created May 5, 2026, 15:53 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00975701
Language en
Rights https://about.hal.science/hal-authorisation-v1/
contributor Méthodes d'Analyse Stochastique des Codes et Traitements Numériques (GdR MASCOT-NUM) ; Institut National des Sciences Mathématiques et de leurs Interactions - CNRS Mathématiques (INSMI-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Iooss, Bertrand
date 2015-05-05T00:00:00
harvest_object_id 90dda965-a4a5-4a8f-8bc1-305ce1c98422
harvest_source_id 3374d638-d20b-4672-ba96-a23232d55657
harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
metadata_modified 2026-04-02T00:00:00
relation info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/arxiv/1404.2405
set_spec type:COUV