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Python implementations of commonly used sensitivity analysis methods. Useful in systems modeling to calculate the effects of model inputs or exogenous factors on outputs of interest.

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Requirements: NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib, pandas, Python 3 (from SALib v1.2 onwards SALib does not officially support Python 2)

Installation: pip install SALib or pip install . or conda install SALib

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Contributing: see here

Quick Start

Procedural approach

from SALib.sample import saltelli
from SALib.analyze import sobol
from SALib.test_functions import Ishigami
import numpy as np

problem = {
  'num_vars': 3,
  'names': ['x1', 'x2', 'x3'],
  'bounds': [[-np.pi, np.pi]]*3
}

# Generate samples
param_values = saltelli.sample(problem, 1024)

# Run model (example)
Y = Ishigami.evaluate(param_values)

# Perform analysis
Si = sobol.analyze(problem, Y, print_to_console=True)
# Returns a dictionary with keys 'S1', 'S1_conf', 'ST', and 'ST_conf'
# (first and total-order indices with bootstrap confidence intervals)

It’s also possible to specify the parameter bounds in a file with 3 columns:

# name lower_bound upper_bound
P1 0.0 1.0
P2 0.0 5.0
...etc.

Then the problem dictionary above can be created from the read_param_file function:

from SALib.util import read_param_file
problem = read_param_file('/path/to/file.txt')
# ... same as above

Lots of other options are included for parameter files, as well as a command-line interface. See the advanced section in the documentation.

Method chaining approach

Chaining calls is supported from SALib v1.4

from SALib import ProblemSpec
from SALib.test_functions import Ishigami

import numpy as np


# By convention, we assign to "sp" (for "SALib Problem")
sp = ProblemSpec({
  'names': ['x1', 'x2', 'x3'],   # Name of each parameter
  'bounds': [[-np.pi, np.pi]]*3,  # bounds of each parameter
  'outputs': ['Y']               # name of outputs in expected order
})

(sp.sample_saltelli(1024, calc_second_order=True)
   .evaluate(Ishigami.evaluate)
   .analyze_sobol(print_to_console=True))

print(sp)

# Samples, model results and analyses can be extracted:
print(sp.samples)
print(sp.results)
print(sp.analysis)

# Basic plotting functionality is also provided
sp.plot()

The above is equivalent to the procedural approach shown previously.

Also check out the FAQ and examples for a full description of options for each method.

How to cite SALib

If you would like to use our software, please cite it using the following:

Iwanaga, T., Usher, W., & Herman, J. (2022). Toward SALib 2.0: Advancing the accessibility and interpretability of global sensitivity analyses. Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling, 4, 18155. doi:10.18174/sesmo.18155

Herman, J. and Usher, W. (2017) SALib: An open-source Python library for sensitivity analysis. Journal of Open Source Software, 2(9). doi:10.21105/joss.00097

paper status

If you use BibTeX, cite using the following entries:

@article{Iwanaga2022,
  title = {Toward {SALib} 2.0: {Advancing} the accessibility and interpretability of global sensitivity analyses},
  volume = {4},
  url = {https://sesmo.org/article/view/18155},
  doi = {10.18174/sesmo.18155},
  journal = {Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling},
  author = {Iwanaga, Takuya and Usher, William and Herman, Jonathan},
  month = may,
  year = {2022},
  pages = {18155},
}

@article{Herman2017,
  doi = {10.21105/joss.00097},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.00097},
  year  = {2017},
  month = {jan},
  publisher = {The Open Journal},
  volume = {2},
  number = {9},
  author = {Jon Herman and Will Usher},
  title = {{SALib}: An open-source Python library for Sensitivity Analysis},
  journal = {The Journal of Open Source Software}
}

Projects that use SALib

Many projects now use the Global Sensitivity Analysis features provided by SALib. Here is a selection:

Software

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If you would like to be added to this list, please submit a pull request, or create an issue.

Many thanks for using SALib.

How to contribute

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License

Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Jon Herman, Will Usher, and others. Versions v0.5 and later are released under the MIT license.

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