IFIP TC6 Open Digital Library

WoCoUQ 2011: Boulder, CO, USA

Uncertainty Quantification in Scientific Computing - 10th IFIP WG 2.5 Working Conference, WoCoUQ 2011, Boulder, CO, USA, August 1-4, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

Andrew Dienstfrey, Ronald F. Boisvert

Springer, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 377, ISBN: 978-3-642-32676-9



Contents

UQ Need: Risk, Policy, and Decision Making

Uncertainties Using Genomic Information for Evidence-Based Decisions.

Pasky Pascual

 1-14

Considerations of Uncertainty in Regulatory Decision Making.

Mark A. Cunningham

 15-26

An Industrial Viewpoint on Uncertainty Quantification in Simulation: Stakes, Methods, Tools, Examples.

Alberto Pasanisi, Anne Dutfoy

 27-45

Living with Uncertainty.

Patrick Gaffney

 46-59

Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analysis: From Regulatory Requirements to Conceptual Structure and Computational Implementation.

Jon C. Helton, Cédric J. Sallaberry

 60-77

UQ Theory

Bayes Linear Analysis for Complex Physical Systems Modeled by Computer Simulators.

Michael Goldstein

 78-94

Verified Computation with Probabilities.

Scott Ferson, Jack Siegrist

 95-122

Defects, Scientific Computation and the Scientific Method.

Les Hatton

 123-138

Parametric and Uncertainty Computations with Tensor Product Representations.

Hermann G. Matthies, Alexander Litvinenko, Oliver Pajonk, Bojana V. Rosic, Elmar Zander

 139-150

UQ Tools

Using Emulators to Estimate Uncertainty in Complex Models.

Peter Challenor

 151-164

Measuring Uncertainty in Scientific Computation Using Numerica 21's Test Harness.

Brian T. Smith

 165-179

UQ Practice

Numerical Aspects in the Evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty.

Maurice Cox, Alistair Forbes, Peter M. Harris, Clare Matthews

 180-194

Model-Based Interpolation, Prediction, and Approximation.

Antonio Possolo

 195-211

Uncertainty Quantification for Turbulent Mixing Flows: Rayleigh-Taylor Instability.

Tulin Kaman, R. Kaufman, James Glimm, David H. Sharp

 212-225

From Quantification to Visualization: A Taxonomy of Uncertainty Visualization Approaches.

Kristin Potter, Paul Rosen, Chris R. Johnson

 226-249

Efficient Computation of Observation Impact in 4D-Var Data Assimilation.

Alexandru Cioaca, Adrian Sandu, Eric de Sturler, Emil M. Constantinescu

 250-264

Interval Based Finite Elements for Uncertainty Quantification in Engineering Mechanics.

Rafi L. Muhanna, Robert L. Mullen

 265-279

Reducing the Uncertainty When Approximating the Solution of ODEs.

Wayne H. Enright

 280-293

Hot Topics

Uncertainties in Predictions of Material Performance Using Experimental Data That Is Only Distantly Related to the System of Interest.

Wayne E. King, Athanasios Arsenlis, Charles Tong, William Oberkampf

 294-311

A Note on Uncertainty in Real-Time Analytics.

Mladen A. Vouk

 312-318