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This paper studies the characteristics and applicability of the CutFEM approach as the core of a robust topology optimization framework for 3D laminar incompressible flow and species transport problems at low Reynolds number (Re < 200).…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-09 Hernan Villanueva , Kurt Maute

Bayesian inference is a popular approach to calibrating uncertainties, but it can underpredict such uncertainties when model misspecification is present, impacting its reliability to inform decision making. Recently, the statistics and…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Rebekah White , Rileigh Bandy , Teresa Portone

Parameter inference is a fundamental problem in data-driven modeling. Given observed data that is believed to be a realization of some parameterized model, the aim is to find parameter values that are able to explain the observed data. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-04-20 Carlo Albert , Simone Ulzega , Ruedi Stoop

In this paper we study parametric TraceFEM and parametric SurfaceFEM (SFEM) discretizations of a surface Stokes problem. These methods are applied both to the Stokes problem in velocity-pressure formulation and in stream function…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Philip Brandner , Thomas Jankuhn , Simon Praetorius , Arnold Reusken , Axel Voigt

We propose a method to detect model misspecifications in nonlinear causal additive and potentially heteroscedastic noise models. We aim to identify predictor variables for which we can infer the causal effect even in cases of such…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-03-28 Christoph Schultheiss , Peter Bühlmann

To solve large-scale or high-resolution topology optimization problem, a novel algorithm is developed based on modified bi-directional evolutionary structure optimization (BESO) and extended finite element method (XFEM). Within XFEM, a set…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Hongxin Wang , Jie Liu , Guilin Wen

The use of high-dimensional regression techniques from machine learning has significantly improved the quantitative accuracy of interatomic potentials. Atomic simulations can now plausibly target quantitative predictions in a variety of…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-04 Danny Perez , Aparna P. A. Subramanyam , Ivan Maliyov , Thomas D. Swinburne

We develop a general framework for construction and analysis of discrete extension operators with application to unfitted finite element approximation of partial differential equations. In unfitted methods so called cut elements intersected…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-26 Erik Burman , Peter Hansbo , Mats G. Larson

From a mathematical perspective, the extraordinary properties of metamaterials are often reflected in the coefficients of the governing partial differential equations (PDEs). These coefficients may fall outside the assumptions of classical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Eric T. Chung , Patrick Ciarlet , Xingguang Jin , Changqing Ye

The recently proposed soft finite element method (SoftFEM) reduces the stiffness (condition numbers), consequently improving the overall approximation accuracy. The method subtracts a least-square term that penalizes the gradient jumps…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-27 Jipei Chen , Victor M. Calo , Quanling Deng

Modeling the evolution of high-dimensional systems from limited snapshot observations at irregular time points poses a significant challenge in quantitative biology and related fields. Traditional approaches often rely on dimensionality…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Justin Lee , Behnaz Moradijamei , Heman Shakeri

Multiscale Finite Element Methods (MsFEMs) are now well-established finite element type approaches dedicated to multiscale problems. They first compute local, oscillatory, problem-dependent basis functions that generate a suitable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-03 Rutger A. Biezemans , Claude Le Bris , Frédéric Legoll , Alexei Lozinski

In this paper, we address the numerical homogenization approximation of a free-boundary dam problem posed in a heterogeneous media. More precisely, we propose a generalized multiscale finite element (GMsFEM) method for the heterogeneous dam…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-19 Juan Galvis , Carlos Vásquez , Luis F. Contreras

In this work we explore the fidelity of numerical approximations to the analytic spectra of hyperbolic partial differential equation systems with variable coefficients. We are particularly interested in the ability of discrete methods to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Brittany A. Erickson

This paper proposes a non-intrusive, data-driven reduced-order modeling framework for stochastic optimal control problems governed by partial differential equations. The control problem is formulated with a quadratic cost functional and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Lingling Ma , Jingyi Zhang , Qiuqi Li

The scaled boundary finite element method (SBFEM) is a semi-analytical computational scheme, which is based on the characteristics of the finite element method (FEM) and combines the advantages of the boundary element method (BEM). This…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-22 Yang Yang , Zongliang Zhang , Yelin Feng

Structural equation models (SEMs) are commonly used to study the structural relationship between observed variables and latent constructs. Recently, Bayesian fitting procedures for SEMs have received more attention thanks to their potential…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-07-12 Khue-Dung Dang , Luca Maestrini , Francis K. C. Hui

Finite-sample bias is a pervasive challenge in the estimation of structural equation models (SEMs), especially when sample sizes are small or measurement reliability is low. A range of methods have been proposed to improve finite-sample…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-03-30 Haziq Jamil , Yves Rosseel , Oliver Kemp , Ioannis Kosmidis

Multiscale Finite Element Methods (MsFEM) are finite element type approaches dedicated to multiscale problems. They first compute local, oscillatory, problem-dependent basis functions which generate a specific discretization space, and next…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-08 Rutger A. Biezemans , Claude Le Bris , Frederic Legoll , Alexei Lozinski

In this paper we introduce a finite element method for the Stokes equations with a massless immersed membrane. This membrane applies normal and tangential forces affecting the velocity and pressure of the fluid. Additionally, the points…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-01 Kyle Dunn , Roger Lui , Marcus Sarkis