Effective use of simulation requires confidence the simulation represents reality well. Challenges to achieving this confidence include model form and parameter uncertainty as well as discretization error. Further, simulations are typically deterministic while the real world they are modeling is stochastic in nature. It is therefore important to understand how real-world uncertainties affect simulation results.
Understanding and accounting for the degree to which a simulation represents reality is the domain of verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification (VVUQ) and helps modelers make statements about the degree of credibility they have in their results, the probability of specific outcomes, and the risk associaed with decisions and scenarios.
Join us for this webinar, where SmartUQ Principal Application Engineer, Gavin Jones, will showcase SmartUQ’s tools and features for supporting VVUQ efforts. Topics to be covered will include sensitivity analysis, uncertainty propagation, model calibration, and area validation metrics. How the topics discussed relate to important standards documents such as NASA STD 7009A and ASME VVUQ 10, 20, and 40 will also be addressed.
