sensitivity analysis

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.11510

Analysis, often by finding approximate derivatives of the output with respect to each input, that determines which of the descriptors in a model has the greatest influence on the output.

Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 239. (Glossary of terms used in computational drug design, part II (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)) on page 256 [Terms] [Paper]