Inquiries about box whisker diagrams in BioSTEAM

[zasddsgg]

Hello, may I ask what is the python code you used to make this figure (Figure 2 in Sustainable Lactic Acid Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass)? The result obtained after the statistical analysis of 1000 data points simulated by Monte Carlo in software origin is somewhat different from the result obtained by percentiles = [0, 0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.95, 1] in BioSTEAM. Thanks for your help.

[yalinli2]

I used OriginPro for plotting, not BioSTEAM, you can change what percentiles you want to use for the whiskers/edges, etc. of the box plot in OriginPro

[zasddsgg]

Thanks for your answer. By inputting GWP results of 1000 simulations obtained from BioSTEAM uncertainty analysis into origin software, then I drew the box diagram based on 1000 simulations data and obtained the percentiles = [0, 0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.95, 1] results. BioSTEAM also generates the LCA percentiles data sheet in output excel with percentiles = [0, 0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.95, 1] results. The two methods give somewhat different results for percentiles = [0, 0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.95, 1] of box diagram. May I ask you which way I should use to draw the box diagram? Thanks for your help.

[yalinli2]

Can you upload the two plots here? I want to see how different they are. I don't often use the box plot function in biosteam.

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[zasddsgg]

I made a drawing of the process I built. The values [0, 0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.95, 1] given in the LCA percentiles data sheet in the excel exported by BioSTEAM are 3.66, 3.97, 4.28, 4.53, 4.78, 5.15, 5.63, respectively, while origin software gets [0, 0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.95, 1] as 3.06, 3.57, 4.18, 4.83, 4.98, 5.27, 5.75, respectively. I am not sure which is right.

Also, may I ask if the 0.5 in [0, 0.05, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.95, 1] refers to the median or average?

Could I trouble you look at question #180. Thanks for your help.