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Appendix D: Acronyms
Pages 130-132

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... Appendix D Acronyms AD automatic differentiation AMR adaptive mesh refinement ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers CAD computer-aided design CPU central processing unit CRASH Center for Radiative Shock Hydrodynamics DEIM discrete empirical interpolation method DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy EIM empirical interpolation method EMI electromagnetic interference GP Gaussian process gPC generalized polynomial chaos IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory MASA Manufactured Analytic Solution Abstraction MC Monte Carlo MCMC Markov chain Monte Carlo MME multimodel ensemble MMS method of manufactured solutions MPS Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (National Science Foundation)
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... 131 APPENDIX D M/U margin-to-uncertainty (ratio) NAE National Academy of Engineering NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation NWS National Weather Service ODE ordinary differential equation PC polynomial chaos PDE partial differential equation PDF probability density function PECOS Center for Predictive Engineering and Computational Sciences POD proper orthogonal decomposition PSAAP Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program QMU quantification of margins and uncertainty QOI quantity of interest SA sensitivity analysis; Spalart-Allmaras SC stochastic collocation SNL Sandia National Laboratories SPICE Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis SQA software quality assurance SSP Stockpile Stewardship Program SUPG streamline-upwind/Petrov-Galerkin TPM tire pressure monitoring TPS thermal protection system UQ uncertainty quantification V&V verification and validation VVUQ verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification
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