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We recently demonstrated that standard fixed-time lattice random-walk models cannot be modified to properly represent biased diffusion processes in more than two dimensions. The origin of this fundamental limitation appears to be the fact…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2009-11-10 Michel G. Gauthier , Gary W. Slater

We present and analyze a methodology for numerical homogenization of spatial networks, modelling e.g. diffusion processes and deformation of mechanical structures. The aim is to construct an accurate coarse model of the network. By solving…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-14 Fredrik Edelvik , Morgan Görtz , Fredrik Hellman , Gustav Kettil , Axel Målqvist

We study a version of the proximal gradient algorithm for which the gradient is intractable and is approximated by Monte Carlo methods (and in particular Markov Chain Monte Carlo). We derive conditions on the step size and the Monte Carlo…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2016-11-22 Yves F. Atchade , Gersende Fort , Eric Moulines

This paper gives foundational results for the application of quasi-stationarity to Monte Carlo inference problems. We prove natural sufficient conditions for the quasi-limiting distribution of a killed diffusion to coincide with a target…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-12-07 Andi Q. Wang , Martin Kolb , Gareth O. Roberts , David Steinsaltz

This work considers the subdiffusion problem with non-positive memory, which not only arises from physical laws with memory, but could be transformed from sophisticated models such as subdiffusion or subdiffusive Fokker-Planck equation with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-09 Wenlin Qiu , Xiangcheng Zheng

Approximating integrals is a fundamental task in probability theory and statistical inference, and their applied fields of signal processing, and Bayesian learning, as soon as expectations over probability distributions must be computed…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Solal Martin , Emilie Chouzenoux , Victor Elvira

We present an efficient Monte Carlo method to simulate reaction-diffusion processes with spatially varying particle annihilation or transformation rates as it occurs for instance in the context of motor-driven intracellular transport. Like…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-20 Karsten Schwarz , Heiko Rieger

We derive optimal $L^2$-error estimates for semilinear time-fractional subdiffusion problems involving Caputo derivatives in time of order $\alpha\in (0,1)$, for cases with smooth and nonsmooth initial data. A general framework is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-28 Samir Karaa

We present recent finite element numerical results on a model convection-diffusion problem in the singular perturbed case when the convection term dominates the problem. We compare the standard Galerkin discretization using the linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-16 Constantin Bacuta , Daniel Hayes , Tyler O'Grady

A core problem in statistics and probabilistic machine learning is to compute probability distributions and expectations. This is the fundamental problem of Bayesian statistics and machine learning, which frames all inference as…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-12-06 Christian A. Naesseth , Fredrik Lindsten , Thomas B. Schön

We study numerical integration over bounded regions in $\mathbb{R}^s, s\ge1$ with respect to some probability measure. We replace random sampling with quasi-Monte Carlo methods, where the underlying point set is derived from deterministic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-01 Tiangang Cui , Josef Dick , Friedrich Pillichshammer

The paper proposes a new, conservative fully-discrete scheme for the numerical solution of the regularised shallow water Boussinesq system of equations in the cases of periodic and reflective boundary conditions. The particular system is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-12 Dimitrios Mitsotakis , Hendrik Ranocha , David I. Ketcheson , Endre Süli

Many inference problems involve inferring the number $N$ of components in some region, along with their properties $\{\mathbf{x}_i\}_{i=1}^N$, from a dataset $\mathcal{D}$. A common statistical example is finite mixture modelling. In the…

Computation · Statistics 2015-01-15 Brendon J. Brewer

Subsurface flows are commonly modeled by advection-diffusion equations. Insufficient measurements or uncertain material procurement may be accounted for by random coefficients. To represent, for example, transitions in heterogeneous media,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-25 Andrea Barth , Andreas Stein

The goal of this paper is to study convergence and error estimates of the Monte Carlo method for the Navier-Stokes equations with random data. To discretize in space and time, the Monte Carlo method is combined with a suitable deterministic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-10 Eduard Feireisl , Mária Lukáčová - Medviďová , Bangwei She , Yuhuan Yuan

Multiscale simulations utilizing high-fidelity, microscopic Monte Carlo models to provide the nonlinear response for continuum models can easily become computationally intractable. Surrogate models for the high-fidelity Monte Carlo models…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-02-12 Tobias Hülser , Sebastian Matera

This work presents a probabilistic scheme for solving semilinear nonlocal diffusion equations with volume constraints and integrable kernels. The nonlocal model of interest is defined by a time-dependent semilinear partial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-03 Minglei Yang , Guannan Zhang , Diego Del-Castillo-Negrete , Yanzhao Cao

In this work, a complete error analysis is presented for fully discrete solutions of the subdiffusion equation with a time-dependent diffusion coefficient, obtained by the Galerkin finite element method with conforming piecewise linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-24 Bangti Jin , Buyang Li , Zhi Zhou

In this paper, semi-discrete numerical scheme for the approximation of the periodic Vlasov-viscous Burgers' system is developed and analyzed. The scheme is based on the coupling of discontinuous Galerkin approximations for the Vlasov…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-03 Harsha Hutridurga , Krishan Kumar , Amiya K. Pani

We develop a unified and easy to use framework to study robust fully discrete numerical methods for nonlinear degenerate diffusion equations $$ \partial_t u-\mathfrak{L}^{\sigma,\mu}[\varphi(u)]=f \quad\quad\text{in}\quad\quad…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-20 Félix del Teso , Jørgen Endal , Espen R. Jakobsen