Iterative method for tuning complex simulation code

DOI10.1080/03610918.2020.1728317zbMATH Open1497.62215arXiv2007.09865OpenAlexW3105788762MaRDI QIDQ5867441FDOQ5867441

Authors: Yun Seo Am, Youngsaeng Lee, J.-S. Park 

Publication date: 14 September 2022

Published in: Communications in Statistics. Simulation and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Tuning a complex simulation code refers to the process of improving the agreement of a code calculation with respect to a set of experimental data by adjusting parameters implemented in the code. This process belongs to the class of inverse problems or model calibration. For this problem, the approximated nonlinear least squares (ANLS) method based on a Gaussian process (GP) metamodel has been employed by some researchers. A potential drawback of the ANLS method is that the metamodel is built only once and not updated thereafter. To address this difficulty, we propose an iterative algorithm in this study. In the proposed algorithm, the parameters of the simulation code and GP metamodel are alternatively re-estimated and updated by maximum likelihood estimation and the ANLS method. This algorithm uses both computer and experimental data repeatedly until convergence. A study using toy-models including inexact computer code with bias terms reveals that the proposed algorithm performs better than the ANLS method and the conditional-likelihood-based approach. Finally, an application to a nuclear fusion simulation code is illustrated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.09865

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zbMATH Keywords

best linear unbiased predictioncomputer experimentskrigingcalibrationnumerical optimizationinexact computer model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computational methods for problems pertaining to statistics (62-08) Bayesian inference (62F15) Design of statistical experiments (62K99) Applications of statistics to physics (62P35)

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Uses Software

• laGP

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