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We present a new method for developing time step controllers based on a technique from the field of machine learning. This method is applicable to stable time integrators that have an embedded scheme, i.e., that have local error estimation…
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Compatible discretizations, such as finite element exterior calculus, provide a discretization framework that respect the cohomological structure of the de Rham complex, which can be used to systematically construct stable mixed finite…
In the formalism of constrained mechanics, such as that which underlies the SHAKE and RATTLE methods of molecular dynamics, we present an algorithm to convert any one-step integration method to a variational integrator of the same order.…
Motivated by recent developments in Hamiltonian variational principles, Hamiltonian variational integrators, and their applications such as to optimization and control, we present a new Type II variational approach for Hamiltonian systems,…
We propose a stochastic trust-region method for unconstrained nonconvex optimization that incorporates stochastic variance-reduced gradients (SVRG) to accelerate convergence. Unlike classical trust-region methods, the proposed algorithm…
Due to the nonseparability of the post-Newtonian (PN) Hamiltonian systems of compact objects, the symplectic methods that admit the linear error growth and the near preservation of first integrals are always implicit as explicit symplectic…
In this paper, two novel classes of implicit exponential Runge-Kutta (ERK) methods are studied for solving highly oscillatory systems. First of all, we analyze the symplectic conditions of two kinds of exponential integrators, and present a…
Following the recently developed algorithms for fully probabilistic control design for general dynamic stochastic systems [15], [18], this paper presents the solution to the probabilistic dual heuristic programming (DHP) adaptive critic…
We present and rigorously analyze the behavior of a distributed, stochastic algorithm for separation and integration in self-organizing particle systems, an abstraction of programmable matter. Such systems are composed of individual…
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Stochastic hybrid systems involve the coupling between discrete and continuous stochastic processes. They are finding increasing applications in cell biology, ranging from modeling promoter noise in gene networks to analyzing the effects of…
Some properties of numerical time integration methods using summation by parts operators and simultaneous approximation terms are studied. These schemes can be interpreted as implicit Runge-Kutta methods with desirable stability properties…
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Sampling with Markov chain Monte Carlo methods often amounts to discretizing some continuous-time dynamics with numerical integration. In this paper, we establish the convergence rate of sampling algorithms obtained by discretizing smooth…