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Codes are also developed to compare the direct and adjoint methods of calculating reaction parameter sensitivity coefficients in batch and transport problems. CPU time comparisons for example transport problems indicate that direct calculation of sensitivity coefficients is much more efficient than the calculation of sensitivity coefficients by direct perturbation. These comparisons also demonstrate that operator splitting results in a significant reduction in simulation time. Reaction parameter sensitivity coefficients are calculated for a series of example transport problems. These examples include a cobalt-NTA problem with kinetic sorption and biodegradation and a uranium-quartz system with mass transfer-limited surface complexation reactions. The computed sensitivity coefficients are used to gain insight into the relative significance of reaction processes and to rank individual reaction parameters in terms of importance. 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These comparisons also demonstrate that operator splitting results in a significant reduction in simulation time. Reaction parameter sensitivity coefficients are calculated for a series of example transport problems. These examples include a cobalt-NTA problem with kinetic sorption and biodegradation and a uranium-quartz system with mass transfer-limited surface complexation reactions. The computed sensitivity coefficients are used to gain insight into the relative significance of reaction processes and to rank individual reaction parameters in terms of importance. 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