Reliability

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023726",
  "term": "Reliability",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The confidence that (potential) users have in a model and in the information derived from the model such that they are willing to use the model and the derived information. Specifically, reliability is a function of the performance record of a model and its conformance to best available, practicable science.\n\n2. The extent to which a measurement instrument yields consistent, stable, and uniform results over repeated observations or measurements under the same conditions each time.\n\n3. The confidence that (potential) users have in a model and in the information derived from the model such that they are willing to use the model and the derived information (Sargent 2000). Specifically, reliability is a function of the performance record of a model and its conformance to best available, practicable science.",
  "subject": "Policy and guidance",
  "references": [
    "Modeling Glossary",
    "Program Evaluation Glossary",
    "EPA Guidance on the Development, Evaluation and Application of Environmental Models EPA/100/K-09/003 | March 2009 at http://www.epa.gov/crem/library/cred_guidance_0309.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/reliability/"
}