{"id":11858,"date":"2025-02-11T10:36:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/student-lounge\/?p=11858"},"modified":"2025-04-06T13:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T17:39:38","slug":"sensitivity-analysis-with-matlab-for-student-competitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/student-lounge\/2025\/02\/11\/sensitivity-analysis-with-matlab-for-student-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensitivity Analysis with MATLAB for Student Competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rtcContent\">\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">In today&#8217;s blog, Khushin Lakhara from the Student Programs team at MathWorks will explore the concept of sensitivity analysis and its significance in engineering design. Over to you, Khushin&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">For this blog, our attention will be on the student competition score function, especially competitions focused on model aircraft design, i.e. AIAA Design Build Fly, SAE AeroDesign, etc, as a case study to investigate how distinctive design variables affect the mission score. To demonstrate this, we will use the scoring function, from the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AIAA Design Build Fly Competition 2021 Rule Book<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">,<\/span> with MATLAB plotting approach By the end of the blog, you will better understand how to make informed design choices to optimize the competition score. This blog is also supplemented by a video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yqDAxIWwTUw\">Sensitivity Analysis with MATLAB for Student Competitions<\/a>. Don&#8217;t forget to check out the video. Enjoy!<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; padding-bottom: 4px;\">\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 10px 5px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: start;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Table of Contents<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: -1px 0px 0px; padding: 10px 0px 10px 7px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: start;\"><a href=\"#H_AAF44E70\">What is Sensitivity Analysis?<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"#H_506FBC9D\">Competition Problem Statement<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"#H_BABF3B07\">Score Sensitivity Analysis with Plotting Approach in MATLAB<br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"#H_57FE7CB3\">1.1 Total Mission Score Analysis<br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"#H_EE1C875B\">1.2 Mission-2 Score Analysis<br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"#H_3ECF5CDC\">1.3 Mission-3 Score Analysis<br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"#H_CEC7F3E7\">1.3.1 Number of Laps and Sensor Weight Correlation<br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"#H_0EA776C1\">1.3.2 Number of Laps and Sensor Length Correlation<br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"#H_169B7923\">1.3.3 Sensor Length and Sensor Weight Correlation<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"#H_159D380C\">Summary<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"H_AAF44E70\" style=\"margin: 20px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 20px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">What is Sensitivity Analysis?<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Sensitivity Analysis (SA) is a technique used to measure the impact of uncertainties in input variables on output variables in a model. SA aims to determine which input variables impact the output most and identify the range of values in which the model is most sensitive. This information helps to design a robust model with reduced uncertainties.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">SA is practiced in a range of fields, including but not limited to finance, engineering, and economics. Specifically, in the field of engineering design, it helps engineers optimize their designs and ensure that they meet performance requirements. Although several SA methods exist, such as Univariate SA, Multivariate SA, Local SA, and Global SA, the first two are widely used in engineering design. Model aircraft design competitions, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/aiaa.org\/dbf\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AIAA DBF<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sae.org\/attend\/student-events\/sae-aero-design-east\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SAE Aero Design<\/span><\/a>, are no exception. SA is used here specifically to evaluate score sensitivity. It helps teams identify the most sensitive design variables and optimize their vehicle designs to maximize their score.<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"H_506FBC9D\" style=\"margin: 20px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 20px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">Competition Problem Statement<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">The objective of the AIAA DBF 2021 contest was to carry out a towed sensor. The mission involved transportation of sensors in shipping containers, and surveillance by deploying, operating, and recovering a towed sensor.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Teams were required to complete 4 missions, consisting of 1 ground mission and 3 flight missions. The main challenge was to find a trade-off between the design variables to maximize the total mission score. The mission score for each mission was as follows:<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mission 1<\/span> (No payload flight)<\/p>\n<p>M1=1on successful flight only<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mission 2<\/span> Delivery Flight (Sensors in a shipping container(s) as Payload)<\/p>\n<p>M2=1+N_\u2009(#SensorsTime\u2009for\u20093\u2009laps)Max_\u2009(#SensorsTime\u2009for\u20093\u2009laps)max mission window of 5 min<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mission 3<\/span> Sensor Flight (Sensor deploying and recovering)<\/p>\n<p>M3=\u20092+N_\u2009(#laps\u2009*\u2009sensor\u2009length\u2009*sensor\u2009weight))Max_\u2009(#laps\u2009*\u2009sensor\u2009length\u2009*sensor\u2009weight))max mission window of 10 min.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ground Mission<\/span> (Loading of payload)<\/p>\n<p>GM=Fastest\u2009TimeTime<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">\n<p>Total Mission Score<\/p>\n<p>TMS\u2009=M1+M2+M3+GM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">All missions need to be completed as per the flight course shown in Figure 1.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"imageNode\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline; width: 478px; height: 261px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/student-lounge\/files\/2025\/02\/25Feb11_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"261\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Figure <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">1: Flight Course<\/span><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"H_BABF3B07\" style=\"margin: 3px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 20px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">Score Sensitivity Analysis with Plotting Approach in MATLAB<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"H_57FE7CB3\" style=\"margin: 15px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">1.1 Total Mission Score Analysis<\/h3>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">The total mission score depends on multiple missions with different objectives. From the total mission score, it can be inferred that:<\/div>\n<ol style=\"margin: 10px 0px 20px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Mission 1 does not play a significant role, as it only requires a successful flight.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The ground mission involves loading and unloading the payload in the minimum time, and thus, mostly depends on the crew&#8217;s skills.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Prioritizing Mission 2&#8217;s cruise velocity to minimize flight time drives the design towards a smaller, faster aircraft.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Prioritizing increased payload in Missions 2 and 3 drives the design towards a heavier, slower aircraft.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Points 3 and 4 direct the model design to conflicting requirements. To identify the priority sequence of missions, SA can be used. The scoring function has limited input variables, so Univariate SA can provide reliable results. Univariate SA is used to understand the impact of uncertainties in individual input variables while assuming other input variables constant.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">As all the mission scores of each team are relative to the best-performing team, the following parameters can be assumed based on the performance of the best teams in previous competitions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 10px 15px 10px 0; display: inline-block;\">\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">%<\/span><span style=\"color: #008013;\"> Defining parameters for the best-performing team<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">bestTeam.Sensors = 20; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% in numbers (Number of sensors to be used by the best-performing team)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">bestTeam.Laps = 20; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% in numbers (Number of laps to be completed in mission 3 by the best-performing team)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">bestTeam.FlightTime = 150; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% in seconds (total flight time for 3 laps in Mission 2 by the best-performing team) <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">bestTeam.SensorWeight = 1.4; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% in lbs (weight of each sensor to be carried by the best-performing team)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">bestTeam.SensorLength = 30; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% in inch (weight of each sensor to be carried by the best-performing team)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">bestTeam.GM = 30; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% in seconds(time taken to complete ground mission)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; padding: 0px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Copyright 2023 The MathWorks, Inc.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">To define mission score functions, and to calculate the maximum mission score, individual teams\u2019 parameters can be considered equivalent to the best-performing team.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 10px 15px 10px 0; display: inline-block;\">\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Defining parameters for the team<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; padding: 0px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">team = bestTeam;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">As per the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AIAA DBF 2021 Competition Rule Book<\/span>, mission scores can be formulated as follows:<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 10px 15px 10px 0; display: inline-block;\">\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Mission score formulation as per formulas mentioned in the Competition Problem Statement section<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Max.M1 = 1; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Mission 1 Score<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Max.M2 = 1 + (team.Sensors\/team.FlightTime)\/(bestTeam.Sensors\/bestTeam.FlightTime); <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Mission 2 Score<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Max.M3 = 2 + (team.Laps * team.SensorLength * team.SensorWeight) \/ (bestTeam.Laps * bestTeam.SensorLength * bestTeam.SensorWeight); <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Mission 3 Score<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Max.GM = bestTeam.GM\/team.GM; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Ground Mission Score<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; padding: 0px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Max.Total = score.Max.M1 + score.Max.M2 + score.Max.M3 + score.Max.GM; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% total maximum mission score<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">For Mission 1, the score is awarded only on a successful flight. Also, it does not affect any other parameters. Hence, Mission 1 can be eliminated for sensitivity analysis.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">To perform the sensitivity analysis, each score is varied in a change. Here, a change vector is needed which varies parameters from -50% to +50%.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 10px 15px 10px 0; display: inline-block;\">\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Change vector to perform SA<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-radius: 0px 0px 4px 4px; padding: 0px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">change = -0.5:0.1:0.5;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">The effect of the sensitivity of each mission score on the total score is studied as follows:<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 10px 15px 10px 0; display: inline-block;\">\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Impact of Mission 2 score on Total Score<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Total.M2 = score.Max.M1 + score.Max.M2*(1+change) + score.Max.M3 + score.Max.GM; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Mission 2 score vector<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Total.Change.M2 = (score.Total.M2 &#8211; score.Max.Total)\/score.Max.Total*100; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Mission 2 score change vector<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Impact of Mission 3 score on Total Score<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Total.M3 = score.Max.M1 + score.Max.M2 + score.Max.M3*(1+change) + score.Max.GM; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Mission 3 score vector<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Total.Change.M3 = (score.Total.M3 &#8211; score.Max.Total)\/score.Max.Total*100; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Mission 3 score change vector<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Impact of Ground Mission score on Total Score<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Total.GM = score.Max.M1 + score.Max.M2 + score.Max.M3 + score.Max.GM*(1+change); <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Ground Mission score vector<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Total.Change.GM = (score.Total.GM &#8211; score.Max.Total)\/score.Max.Total*100; <span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Ground Mission score change vector<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Plotting sensitivity analysis plot<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">plots.Y1.Name = {<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Mission 2 Score&#8217;<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Mission 3 Score&#8217;<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Ground Mission Score&#8217;<\/span>};<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">plots.Y1.Value = [score.Total.Change.M2&#8242;, score.Total.Change.M3&#8242;, score.Total.Change.GM&#8217;];<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">figure()<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; 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white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">xlabel(<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Change in input variable (in %)&#8217;<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">ylabel(<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Change in mission score (in %)&#8217;<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper outputs\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">title(<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Total Mission Score Analysis&#8217;<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #212121; padding: 10px 0px 6px 17px; background: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0% 0% \/ auto padding-box border-box; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; line-height: 17.234px;\">\n<div class=\"inlineElement eoOutputWrapper disableDefaultGestureHandling embeddedOutputsFigure\" style=\"width: 1139px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"output_0\">\n<div class=\"figureElement eoOutputContent\" role=\"article\" aria-roledescription=\"Use Browse Mode to explore \" aria-description=\"figure output \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figureImage figureContainingNode\" style=\"width: 560px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/student-lounge\/files\/2025\/02\/25Feb11_2.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer selectedOutputDecorationLayer doNotExport\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer activeOutputDecorationLayer doNotExport\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer scrollableOutputDecorationLayer doNotExport\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer navigationFocusLayer doNotExport\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"application\" aria-hidden=\"false\" aria-label=\"figure output \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">In the above plot, the higher the slope, the more sensitive the mission. Hence, the following inferences can be made from the above plot:<\/div>\n<ol style=\"margin: 10px 0px 20px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">As expected, Ground Mission is less sensitive and depends on crew skills. Hence, it can be ignored.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Mission 3 is the most sensitive followed by Mission 2.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Mission 2 has two variables: the number of sensors and the total time for three laps.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Mission 3 has a total of three design variables: sensor length, sensor weight, and number of laps.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">To explore the most sensitive design variable, in both Mission 2 and Mission 3, Univariate SA can be performed on both mission scores individually.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"H_EE1C875B\" style=\"margin: 3px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">1.2 Mission-2 Score Analysis<\/h3>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">For Mission-2, the number of sensors and flight time are two important parameters to be evaluated as follows:<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 10px 15px 10px 0; display: inline-block;\">\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Defining flight time vector for three laps for the team<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">team.Array.FlightTime = [linspace(bestTeam.FlightTime,200,50)]&#8217;;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Univariate SA for Mission 2 score with flight time and number of sensor<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% variation<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">team.Array.Sensor = [4:4:20].*ones(50,5);<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Array.M2 = 1 + (team.Array.Sensor .\/ team.Array.FlightTime)\/(bestTeam.Sensors\/ bestTeam.FlightTime);<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">plots.Y2.Value = score.Array.M2;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">plots.Y2.Name = {<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;4 Sensors&#8217;<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;8 Sensors&#8217;<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8217;12 Sensors&#8217;<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8217;16 Sensors&#8217;<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8217;20 Sensors&#8217;<\/span>};<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Plotting sensitivity analysis plot<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">figure()<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">plot(team.Array.FlightTime,plots.Y2.Value)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">legend(plots.Y2.Name)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">xlabel(<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Total Time for 3 Laps(seconds)&#8217;<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">ylabel(<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Mission 2 Score&#8217;<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper outputs\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">title(<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Mission 2 Score Analysis&#8217;<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #212121; padding: 10px 0px 6px 17px; background: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0% 0% \/ auto padding-box border-box; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; line-height: 17.234px;\">\n<div class=\"inlineElement eoOutputWrapper disableDefaultGestureHandling embeddedOutputsFigure\" style=\"width: 1139px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"output_1\">\n<div class=\"figureElement eoOutputContent\" role=\"article\" aria-roledescription=\"Use Browse Mode to explore \" aria-description=\"figure output \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figureImage figureContainingNode\" style=\"width: 560px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/student-lounge\/files\/2025\/02\/25Feb11_3.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer selectedOutputDecorationLayer doNotExport\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer activeOutputDecorationLayer doNotExport\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer scrollableOutputDecorationLayer doNotExport\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer navigationFocusLayer doNotExport\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"application\" aria-hidden=\"false\" aria-label=\"figure output \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">In the above plot, the slope of the curves are negative and increases with more sensors. Hence, flight time becomes more sensitive on increasing number of sensors compared to a lower number of sensors. Hence:<\/div>\n<ol style=\"margin: 10px 0px 20px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Number of sensors are more sensitive to Mission-2 score than flight time.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">As the curve slope is negative hence flight time impacts mission scores in the opposite way. Hence a faster aircraft will score more.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">A lighter and faster aircraft will score less compared to a heavy aircraft.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">A heavy aircraft will score more on getting faster.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 id=\"H_3ECF5CDC\" style=\"margin: 3px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">1.3 Mission-3 Score Analysis<\/h3>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">For Mission 3, sensor length, sensor weight, and the number of laps are important parameters to be evaluated. From the previous section, it is inferred that a heavy and faster aircraft will score more. Considering the number of sensors constant as per the Mission 2 requirements, the effect of all three variables on each other can be studied as follows:<\/div>\n<h4 id=\"H_CEC7F3E7\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">1.3.1 Number of Laps and Sensor Weight Correlation<\/h4>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 10px 15px 10px 0; display: inline-block;\">\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Defining sensor weight vector for the team<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">team.Array.SensorWeight = [linspace(0,bestTeam.SensorWeight, 50)]&#8217;;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Univariate SA for Mission 3 score with the number of laps and sensor weight variation<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">team.Array.Laps = [4:4:20].*ones(50,5);<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Array.M3.Laps2Weight = 2 + (team.Array.Laps .* team.Array.SensorWeight .* team.SensorLength) .\/ (bestTeam.Laps * bestTeam.SensorWeight * bestTeam.SensorLength);<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">plots.Y3.Value = score.Array.M3.Laps2Weight;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">plots.Y3.Name = {<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;4 Laps&#8217;<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;8 Laps&#8217;<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8217;12 Laps&#8217;<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8217;16 Laps&#8217;<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8217;20 Laps&#8217;<\/span>};<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Plotting sensitivity analysis plot<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">figure()<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">plot(team.Array.SensorWeight, plots.Y3.Value)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">legend(plots.Y3.Name)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">xlabel(<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Sensor Weight (lbs)&#8217;<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper outputs\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">ylabel(<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Mission 3 Score&#8217;<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #212121; padding: 10px 0px 6px 17px; background: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0% 0% \/ auto padding-box border-box; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; line-height: 17.234px;\">\n<div class=\"inlineElement eoOutputWrapper disableDefaultGestureHandling embeddedOutputsFigure\" style=\"width: 1139px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"output_2\">\n<div class=\"figureElement eoOutputContent\" role=\"article\" aria-roledescription=\"Use Browse Mode to explore \" aria-description=\"figure output \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figureImage figureContainingNode\" style=\"width: 560px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/student-lounge\/files\/2025\/02\/25Feb11_4.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer selectedOutputDecorationLayer doNotExport\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer activeOutputDecorationLayer doNotExport\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer scrollableOutputDecorationLayer doNotExport\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer navigationFocusLayer doNotExport\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"application\" aria-hidden=\"false\" aria-label=\"figure output \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">The above plot shows slope of the curve is positive and increases with a greater number of laps. i.e. smaller flight time. Hence,<\/div>\n<ol style=\"margin: 10px 0px 20px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">heavier aircraft are more sensitive to a higher number of laps, i. e. sensor weight is more sensitive than number of laps.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">heavier aircraft will score more with faster speed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">The same was observed in the previous section for Mission 2.<\/div>\n<h4 id=\"H_0EA776C1\" style=\"margin: 3px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">1.3.2 Number of Laps and Sensor Length Correlation<\/h4>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 10px 15px 10px 0; display: inline-block;\">\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Defining sensor length vector for the team<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">team.Array.SensorLength = [linspace(3,bestTeam.SensorLength,50)]&#8217;;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Univariate SA for Mission 3 score with the number of laps and sensor length variation<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Array.M3.Laps2Length = 2 + (team.Array.Laps.*team.SensorWeight.*team.Array.SensorLength).\/(bestTeam.Laps*bestTeam.SensorWeight*bestTeam.SensorLength);<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">plots.Y4.Value = score.Array.M3.Laps2Weight;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">plots.Y4.Name = {<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;4 Laps&#8217;<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;8 Laps&#8217;<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8217;12 Laps&#8217;<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8217;16 Laps&#8217;<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8217;20 Laps&#8217;<\/span>};<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Plotting sensitivity analysis plot<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">figure()<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">plot(team.Array.SensorLength, plots.Y4.Value)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">legend(plots.Y4.Name)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">xlabel(<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Sensor Length (in)&#8217;<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">ylabel(<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Mission 3 Score&#8217;<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper outputs\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 4px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">title(<span style=\"color: #a709f5;\">&#8216;Number of Laps and Sensor Length Correlation&#8217;<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #212121; padding: 10px 0px 6px 17px; background: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0% 0% \/ auto padding-box border-box; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px; overflow-x: hidden; line-height: 17.234px;\">\n<div class=\"inlineElement eoOutputWrapper disableDefaultGestureHandling embeddedOutputsFigure\" style=\"width: 1139px;\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"output_3\">\n<div class=\"figureElement eoOutputContent\" role=\"article\" aria-roledescription=\"Use Browse Mode to explore \" aria-description=\"figure output \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figureImage figureContainingNode\" style=\"width: 560px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/student-lounge\/files\/2025\/02\/25Feb11_5.png\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer selectedOutputDecorationLayer doNotExport\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer activeOutputDecorationLayer doNotExport\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer scrollableOutputDecorationLayer doNotExport\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"outputLayer navigationFocusLayer doNotExport\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"application\" aria-hidden=\"false\" aria-label=\"figure output \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">It can be inferred from the above plot that a longer sensor will be more sensitive to flight time and demand a faster aircraft for a higher score. It is expected as a larger sensor will indirectly lead to heavy aircraft.<\/div>\n<h4 id=\"H_169B7923\" style=\"margin: 3px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">1.3.3 Sensor Length and Sensor Weight Correlation<\/h4>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">Keeping the number of laps constant, sensor length and sensor height sensitivity can be studied in detail. Here, for this purpose, MATLAB 3D plots provide a particularly good representation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 10px 15px 10px 0; display: inline-block;\">\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 4px 4px 0px 0px; padding: 6px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Selecting the number of laps as constant<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">team.LapsSelected = <\/span>11<span style=\"white-space: pre;\">;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Preparing mesh grid for 3D plot<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">[X,Y] = meshgrid(team.Array.SensorWeight, team.Array.SensorLength);<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">score.Array.M3.Length2Weight = 2 + (team.LapsSelected.*X.*Y).\/(bestTeam.Laps*bestTeam.SensorWeight*bestTeam.SensorLength);<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\">plots.Y5.Value = score.Array.M3.Length2Weight;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre;\"><span style=\"color: #008013;\">% Plotting 3D mesh plot for sensitivity analysis<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inlineWrapper\">\n<div style=\"border-left: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-right: 0.666667px solid #d9d9d9; border-top: 0px none #212121; border-bottom: 0px none #212121; border-radius: 0px; padding: 0px 45px 0px 13px; line-height: 18.004px; min-height: 0px; white-space: nowrap; color: #212121; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace; 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Hence a heavy aircraft with a smaller sensor size would be a better choice than a lighter but longer sensor.<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"H_159D380C\" style=\"margin: 3px 10px 5px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 20px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">Summary<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">From the above scoring sensitivity analysis, it can be inferred that:<\/div>\n<ol style=\"margin: 10px 0px 20px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Mission 3 is the most sensitive mission with three design parameters.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Among all parameters the number of sensors and sensor weight are the most sensitive parameters followed by sensor length, flight time, and the number of laps.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">A heavier and slower aircraft would be a better choice compared to a lighter and faster aircraft.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-left: 56px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Heavier but smaller sensors will be a better choice compared to a lighter but longer sensor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div style=\"margin: 2px 10px 9px 4px; padding: 0px; line-height: 21px; min-height: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #212121; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\">In the current blog, we learned about sensitivity analysis using the MATLAB plotting approach. 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