References — Global Sensitivity Analysis seminar

This document lists the main references used throughout the seminar Global Sensitivity Analysis: Motivation, concepts, and intuition (NTNU / Politecnico di Milano, February 2026).

Clickable links are provided where available.

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Foundations of global sensitivity analysis

Global Sensitivity Analysis: The Primer. Saltelli, A., Ratto, M., Andres, T., Campolongo, F., Cariboni, J., Gatelli, D., Saisana, M., Tarantola, S. Wiley, 2008. ISBN 978-0-470-05997-5. Author-provided PDF (full book)

Sensitivity estimates for nonlinear mathematical models. Sobol’, I. M. Mathematical Modelling and Computational Experiments, 1(3), 407–414, 1993. English translation (PDF)

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Variance-based methods and practice

Variance-based sensitivity analysis of model output: Design and estimator for the total sensitivity index. Saltelli, A., Annoni, P., Azzini, I., Campolongo, F., Ratto, M., Tarantola, S. Computer Physics Communications, 181(2), 259–270, 2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2009.09.018

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Credibility, uncertainty, and modelling practice

Why so many published sensitivity analyses are false. Saltelli, A., Aleksankina, K., Becker, W., Fennell, P., Ferretti, F., Holst, N., Li, S., Wu, Q. Environmental Modelling & Software, 114, 29–39, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2019.01.012

Model credibility assessment and uncertainty quantification in in silico trials. Aldieri, A., et al. ASME Verification and Validation (V&V) context. (No single DOI; see ASME V&V guidelines and related reports.)

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General overview and terminology

Sensitivity analysis. Wikipedia article

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Notebook-specific references and additional methodological papers are provided locally in the relevant notebooks where appropriate.