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We propose the use of machine learning techniques to find optimal quadrature rules for the construction of stiffness and mass matrices in isogeometric analysis (IGA). We initially consider 1D spline spaces of arbitrary degree spanned over…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-04-05 Tomas Teijeiro , Jamie M. Taylor , Ali Hashemian , David Pardo

We present a systematic framework for shortening and automating molecular dynamics equilibration through improved position initialization methods and uncertainty quantification analysis, using the Yukawa one-component plasma as an exemplar…

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Estimating probability of failure in aerospace systems is a critical requirement for flight certification and qualification. Failure probability estimation involves resolving tails of probability distribution, and Monte Carlo sampling…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-22 S. Ashwin Renganathan , Vishwas Rao , Ionel M. Navon

Likelihood-free inference is quickly emerging as a powerful tool to perform fast/effective parameter estimation. We demonstrate a technique of optimizing likelihood-free inference to make it even faster by marginalizing symmetries in a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Deep Chatterjee , Philip C. Harris , Maanas Goel , Malina Desai , Michael W. Coughlin , Erik Katsavounidis

In the quantum optimization paradigm, variational quantum algorithms face challenges with hardware-specific and instance-dependent parameter tuning, which can lead to computational inefficiencies. The promising potential of parameter…

The inference of correlated signal fields with unknown correlation structures is of high scientific and technological relevance, but poses significant conceptual and numerical challenges. To address these, we develop the correlated signal…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-02-15 Torsten A. Enßlin , Jakob Knollmüller

We consider testing for the parameters of Ferromagnetic Ising models. While testing for the presence of possibly sparse magnetizations, we provide a general lower bound of minimax separation rates which yields sharp results in high…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2019-06-04 Rajarshi Mukherjee , Gourab Ray

Error mitigation is essential for near-term quantum devices, and two promising techniques are universal frame randomization and Randomized Compilation. These methods insert random twirling gates into a circuit to reduce errors while…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Rachel E. Johnson , Joshua A. Job , Steve Adachi

This paper is concerned with sequential filtering based stochastic optimization (FSO) approaches that leverage a probabilistic perspective to implement the incremental proximity method (IPM). The present FSO methods are derived based on the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-08 Bin Liu

Many powerful imaging techniques for cold atoms are based on determining the optical density by comparing a beam image having passed through the atom cloud to a reference image taken under similar conditions with no atoms. In practice the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Feng Xiong , Yun Long , Colin V. Parker

The spark plasma sintering (SPS) process, a key technology for advanced material manufacturing, demands accurate and efficient simulation tools to capture the complex electro-thermal-mechanical interactions inherent in powder materials.…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-12-03 A. Kumar , Z. Zhang , M. Bambach , M. Afrasiabi

We present a new code, RCF("Radiative-Collisional code based on FAC"), which is used to simulate steady-state plasmas under non local thermodynamic equilibrium condition, especially photoinization dominated plasmas. RCF takes almost all of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-24 Bo Han , Feilu Wang , David Salzmann , Gang Zhao

An important issue during an engineering design process is to develop an understanding which design parameters have the most influence on the performance. Especially in the context of optimization approaches this knowledge is crucial in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Patricia Wollstadt , Sebastian Schmitt

With a novel 3D discrete-element method specially developed with adhesive contact mechanics, random loose packings of uniform spherical micron-sized particles are fully investigated. The results show that large velocity, large size or weak…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-09-12 Wenwei Liu , Shuiqing Li , Sheng Chen

The optimal selection of experimental conditions is essential to maximizing the value of data for inference and prediction, particularly in situations where experiments are time-consuming and expensive to conduct. We propose a general…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2012-12-04 Xun Huan , Youssef M. Marzouk

Inferring viscoelasticity parameters is a key challenge that often leads to non-unique solutions when fitting rheological data. In this context, we propose a machine learning approach that utilizes Bayesian optimization for parameter…

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The GEneral description of Fission observables (GEF) model was developed to produce fission related nuclear data which are of crucial importance for basic and applied nuclear physics. The investigation of the performance of the GEF code is…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2018-10-17 C. Schmitt , K. -H. Schmidt , B. Jurado

We propose a numerical strategy to generate the anisotropic meshes and select the appropriate stabilized parameters simultaneously for two dimensional convection-dominated convection-diffusion equations by stabilized continuous linear…

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Finding optimal solutions to combinatorial optimization problems is pivotal in both scientific and technological domains, within academic research and industrial applications. A considerable amount of effort has been invested in the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-12-13 Zi-Song Shen , Feng Pan , Yao Wang , Yi-Ding Men , Wen-Biao Xu , Man-Hong Yung , Pan Zhang

We extend the softFEM idea to isogeometric analysis (IGA) to reduce the stiffness (consequently, the condition numbers) of the IGA discretized problem. We refer to the resulting approximation technique as softIGA. We obtain the resulting…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-09 Quanling Deng , Pouria Behnoudfar , Victor M. Calo