oat module¶
Class to apply the OAT technique used by MorrisIndices
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OAT technique¶
The purpose of the One-At-a-Time (OAT) methodology is to quantify the elementary effect
\[df_i = f(X_1+dX_1,\ldots,X_{i-1}+dX_{i-1},X_i+dX_i,\ldots,X_d)
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f(X_1+dX_1,\ldots,X_{i-1}+dX_{i-1},X_i,\ldots,X_d)\]
associated with a small variation \(dX_i\) of \(X_i\) with
\[df_1 = f(X_1+dX_1,\ldots,X_d)-f(X_1,\ldots,X_d)\]
The elementary effects \(df_1,\ldots,df_d\) are computed sequentially from an initial point
\[X=(X_1,\ldots,X_d)\]
From these elementary effects, we can compare their absolute values \(|df_1|,\ldots,|df_d|\) and sort \(X_1,\ldots,X_d\) accordingly.