Ideas underlying the Quantification of Margins and Uncertainties |
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Authors: | Martin Pilch Timothy G TrucanoJon C Helton |
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Affiliation: | a Department 1514, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0828, USA b Department 1411, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0370, USA c Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1804, USA |
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Abstract: | Key ideas underlying the application of Quantification of Margins and Uncertainties (QMU) to nuclear weapons stockpile lifecycle decisions are described. While QMU is a broad process and methodology for generating critical technical information to be used in U.S. nuclear weapon stockpile management, this paper emphasizes one component, which is information produced by computational modeling and simulation. In particular, the following topics are discussed: (i) the key principles of developing QMU information in the form of Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty, (ii) the need to separate aleatory and epistemic uncertainty in QMU, and (iii) the properties of risk-informed decision making (RIDM) that are best suited for effective application of QMU. The paper is written at a high level, but provides an extensive bibliography of useful papers for interested readers to deepen their understanding of the presented ideas. |
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Keywords: | Aleatory uncertainty Epistemic uncertainty Margins Performance assessment QMU Reliability Risk analysis |
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