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Bayesian inference and uncertainty quantification in a general class of non-linear inverse regression models is considered. Analytic conditions on the regression model $\{\mathscr G(\theta): \theta \in \Theta\}$ and on Gaussian process…

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We propose a general framework for machine learning based optimization under uncertainty. Our approach replaces the complex forward model by a surrogate, which is learned simultaneously in a one-shot sense when solving the optimal control…

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An efficient strategy to construct physics-based local surrogate models for parametric linear elliptic problems is presented. The method relies on proper generalized decomposition (PGD) to reduce the dimensionality of the problem and on an…

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