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The first one is the partial rank correlation coefficient (PRCC) which measures nonlinear but monotonic relationships between model inputs and outputs. The second one is based on the mutual information which provides a general measure of the strength of the non-monotonic association between two variables. Both methods are based on the Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) of the parameter space, and thus the same datasets can be used to obtain both measures of sensitivity. The utility of the PRCC and the mutual information analysis methods are illustrated by analyzing a complex SWMM model. The sensitivity analysis revealed that only a few key input variables are contributing significantly to the model outputs; PRCCs and mutual information are calculated and used to determine and rank the importance of these key parameters. This study shows that the partial rank correlation coefficient and mutual information analysis can be considered effective methods for assessing the sensitivity of the SWMM model to the uncertainty in its input parameters.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e16115738","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,3]],"date-time":"2014-11-03T08:52:52Z","timestamp":1415004772000},"page":"5738-5752","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":51,"title":["Sensitivity Analysis for Urban Drainage Modeling Using  Mutual Information"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Chuanqi","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, China"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, China"}]},{"given":"Jianzhi","family":"Xiong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, China"}]},{"given":"Pengyu","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250014, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"602","DOI":"10.1016\/j.envsoft.2006.01.004","article-title":"Ten iterative steps in development and evaluation of environmental models","volume":"21","author":"Jakeman","year":"2006","journal-title":"Environ. 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