Finite elements for Matérn-type random fields: Uncertainty in computational mechanics and design optimization

T Duswald, B Keith, B Lazarov, S Petrides… - Computer Methods in …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work highlights an approach for incorporating realistic uncertainties into scientific
computing workflows based on finite elements, focusing on prevalent applications in …

Risk-adaptive approaches to learning and decision making: A survey

JO Royset - arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.00856, 2022 - arxiv.org
Uncertainty is prevalent in engineering design, statistical learning, and decision making
broadly. Due to inherent risk-averseness and ambiguity about assumptions, it is common to …

An exact penalty function optimization method and its application in stress constrained topology optimization and scenario based reliability design problems

H Liao, X Yuan, R Gao - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2024 - Elsevier
A smooth penalty function method which does not involve dual and slack implicit variables to
formulate constrained optimization conditions is proposed. New active and loss functions …

An adaptive sampling augmented Lagrangian method for stochastic optimization with deterministic constraints

R Bollapragada, C Karamanli, B Keith… - … & Mathematics with …, 2023 - Elsevier
The primary goal of this paper is to provide an efficient solution algorithm based on the
augmented Lagrangian framework for optimization problems with a stochastic objective …

Risk-adapted optimal experimental design

DP Kouri, JD Jakeman, J Gabriel Huerta - SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty …, 2022 - SIAM
Constructing accurate statistical models of critical system responses typically requires an
enormous amount of experimental data. Unfortunately, physical experimentation is often …

Consistency of Monte Carlo estimators for risk-neutral PDE-constrained optimization

J Milz - Applied Mathematics & Optimization, 2023 - Springer
We apply the sample average approximation (SAA) method to risk-neutral optimization
problems governed by nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) with random inputs …

TTRISK: Tensor train decomposition algorithm for risk averse optimization

H Antil, S Dolgov, A Onwunta - Numerical Linear Algebra with …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This article develops a new algorithm named TTRISK to solve high‐dimensional risk‐averse
optimization problems governed by differential equations (ODEs and/or partial differential …

Multilevel quadrature formulae for the optimal control of random PDEs

F Nobile, T Vanzan - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.06678, 2024 - arxiv.org
This manuscript presents a framework for using multilevel quadrature formulae to compute
the solution of optimal control problems constrained by random partial differential equations …

A multigrid solver for PDE-constrained optimization with uncertain inputs

G Ciaramella, F Nobile, T Vanzan - Journal of Scientific Computing, 2024 - Springer
In this manuscript, we present a collective multigrid algorithm to solve efficiently the large
saddle-point systems of equations that typically arise in PDE-constrained optimization under …

Probability-of-failure-based optimization for random PDEs through concentration-of-measure inequalities

R Ortigosa-Martinez, J Martinez-Frutos… - … and Calculus of …, 2024 - esaim-cocv.org
Control and optimization problems constrained by partial differential equations (PDEs) with
random input data and that incorporate probabilities of failure in their formulations are …