Table 4.

Descriptive statistics of the sensitivity analysis.

Method	Representative phrases	No of papers with this methodology	Top cited papers (Scopus)
Wind tunnel	Scale model, Scale models, Wind tunnel	20	Karakatsanis et al. (1986), Montazeri & Azizian (2008), Montazeri et al. (2010)
Full-scale	Full-scale measurement, Full-scale experiment, Field study, Field analysis, Prototype, Test cell, Questionnaire, Survey, Post occupancy evaluation, IN SITU, Occupied	21	Pearlmutter et al. (1996), Bahadori et al. (2008), Kalantar (2009)
CFD	CFD, Computational fluid dynamics, Numerical analysis, Numerical simulation, CFX, Fluent, Ansys/Fluent, Openfoam, Turbulence model, Large eddy simulation, LES, RANS, Grid, Mesh, Reynolds-average Navier-stokes	39	Li & Mak (2007), Montazeri et al. (2010), Montazeri (2011)
BPS & AFN	Building energy simulation, Enrgyplus, TRNSYS, Building simulation, ESP-r, Airflow network, Thermal model, Energy balance, CONTAM	6	Nouanégué et al. (2008), Soutullo et al., 2011, Soutullo et al., 2012
Analytical	Analytical model, Analytically, Power law model, Simplified model, Mathematical model	24	Bansal et al. (1994), Bahadori (1985), Karakatsanis et al. (1986)
Review	Review, Literature review, Literature survey	14	Khan et al. (2008), Hughes et al. (2012), Bahadori (1994)