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The parameters uncertainty inflation fallacy

Pascal Pernot

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Statistical estimation of the prediction uncertainty of physical models is typically hindered by the inadequacy of these models due to various approximations they are built upon. The prediction errors due to model inadequacy can be handled either by correcting the model's results, or by adapting the model's parameters uncertainty to generate prediction uncertainty representative, in a way to be defined, of model inadequacy errors. The main advantage of the latter approach is its transferability to the prediction of other quantities of interest based on the same parameters. A critical review of state-of-the-art implementations of this approach in computational chemistry shows that it is biased, in the sense that it does not produce prediction uncertainty bands conforming with model inadequacy errors.

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hal-01415821 , version 1 (13-12-2016)

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Pascal Pernot. The parameters uncertainty inflation fallacy. 2016. ⟨hal-01415821⟩
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