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Adjoint-based sensitivity analysis methods are powerful tools for engineers who use flow simulations for design. However, the conventional adjoint method breaks down for scale-resolving simulations like large-eddy simulation (LES) or direct…
Uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analyses are a vital component for predictive modeling in the sciences and engineering. The adjoint approach to sensitivity analysis requires solving a primary system of equations and a…
Dynamic optimization is currently limited by sensitivity computations that require information from full forward and adjoint wave fields. Since the forward and adjoint solutions are computed in opposing time directions, the forward solution…
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This work presents an illustrative application of the second-order adjoint sensitivity analysis procedure (SO-ASAP) to a paradigm neutron diffusion problem, which is sufficiently simple to admit an exact solution, thereby making transparent…
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Existing customization methods require access to multiple reference examples to align pre-trained diffusion probabilistic models (DPMs) with user-provided concepts. This paper aims to address the challenge of DPM customization when the only…
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We present a new software system PETSc TSAdjoint for first-order and second-order adjoint sensitivity analysis of time-dependent nonlinear differential equations. The derivative calculation in PETSc TSAdjoint is essentially a high-level…
This paper presents a parallel-in-time adjoint sensitivity analysis which combines a transient adjoint sensitivity analysis with the parareal approach in order to significantly speed up the simulation. The adjoint method is the method of…
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Motivated by the pressing challenges in the digital twin development for biomanufacturing systems, we introduce an adjoint sensitivity analysis (SA) approach to expedite the learning of mechanistic model parameters. In this paper, we…
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