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Tran, Hoang A.

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Reconstructing high-dimensional Hilbert-valued functions via compressed sensing

We present and analyze a novel sparse polynomial technique for approximating high-dimensional Hilbert-valued functions, with application to parameterized partial differential equations (PDEs) with deterministic and stochastic inputs. Our theoretical framework treats the function approximation problem as a joint sparse recovery problem, where the set of jointly sparse vectors is possibly infinite. To achieve the simultaneous reconstruction of Hilbert-valued functions in both parametric domain and Hilbert space, we propose a novel mixed-norm based `1 regularization method that exploits both energy and sparsity. Our approach requires extensions of concepts such as the restricted isometry and null space properties, allowing us to prove recovery guarantees for sparse Hilbert-valued function reconstruction. We complement the enclosed theory with an algorithm for Hilbert-valued recovery, based on standard forward-backward algorithm, meanwhile establishing its strong convergence in the considered infinite-dimensional setting. Finally, we demonstrate the minimal sample complexity requirements of our approach, relative to other popular methods, with numerical experiments approximating the solutions of high-dimensional parameterized elliptic PDEs.

Dexter, Nick↗

Quantifying uncertainty in the process-structure relationship for Al–Cu solidification

Phase field method (PFM) is a simulation tool to predict microstructural evolution during solidification and is helpful to establish the process-structure relationship for alloys. The robustness of the relationship however is affected by model-form and parameter uncertainties in PFM. In this paper, the uncertainty associated with the thermodynamic and process parameters of PFM is studied and quantified. Surrogate modeling is used to interpolate four quantities of interests (QoIs), including dendritic perimeter, area, primary arm length, and solute segregation, as functions of thermodynamic and process parameters. A sparse grid approach is applied to mitigate the curse-of-dimensionality computational burden in uncertainty quantification. Polynomial chaos expansion is employed to obtain the probability density functions of the QoIs. The effect of parameter uncertainty on the Al–Cu dendritic growth during solidification simulation are investigated. Here, the results show that the dendritic morphology varies significantly with respect to the interface mobility and the initial temperature.

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE↗