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When detailed mathematical equations for a process are not available or are intractable, we can often use a perturbation method to help determine sensitivities—critical aspects required for uncertainty propagation. This chapter introduces and demonstrates the concept of perturbation which can be used for an existing process by a real experiment, or by numerical modelling if there is a computer simulation of the process.
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Ratcliffe, C., Ratcliffe, B. (2015). Sensitivity by Perturbation. In: Doubt-Free Uncertainty In Measurement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12063-8_6
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