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Optimising the major next-generation cosmological surveys (such as {\em SNAP, KAOS etc...}) is a key problem given our ignorance of the physics underlying cosmic acceleration and the plethora of surveys planned. We propose a Bayesian design…

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This work addresses data-driven inverse optimization (IO), where the goal is to estimate unknown parameters in an optimization model from observed decisions that can be assumed to be optimal or near-optimal solutions to the optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-29 Yen-An Lu , Wei-Shou Hu , Joel A. Paulson , Qi Zhang

Simulation-based inference (SBI) methods tackle complex scientific models with challenging inverse problems. However, SBI models often face a significant hurdle due to their non-differentiable nature, which hampers the use of gradient-based…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-29 Vincent D. Zaballa , Elliot E. Hui

Manufacturing advanced materials and products with a specific property or combination of properties is often warranted. To achieve that it is crucial to find out the optimum recipe or processing conditions that can generate the ideal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Hamed Khosravi , Taofeeq Olajire , Ahmed Shoyeb Raihan , Imtiaz Ahmed

Existing high-dimensional Bayesian optimization (BO) methods aim to overcome the curse of dimensionality by carefully encoding structural assumptions, from locality to sparsity to smoothness, into the optimization procedure. Surprisingly,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Colin Doumont , Donney Fan , Natalie Maus , Jacob R. Gardner , Henry Moss , Geoff Pleiss

Bayesian experimental design (BED) is to answer the question that how to choose designs that maximize the information gathering. For implicit models, where the likelihood is intractable but sampling is possible, conventional BED methods…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Jiaxin Zhang , Sirui Bi , Guannan Zhang

Open-Set Object Detection (OSOD) enables recognition of novel categories beyond fixed classes but faces challenges in aligning text representations with complex visual concepts and the scarcity of image-text pairs for rare categories. This…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Weifu Fu , Jinyang Li , Bin-Bin Gao , Jialin Li , Yuhuan Lin , Hanqiu Deng , Wenbing Tao , Yong Liu , Chengjie Wang

Learning PDE dynamics from limited data with unknown physics is challenging. Existing neural PDE solvers either require large datasets or rely on known physics (e.g., PDE residuals or handcrafted stencils), leading to limited applicability.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Han Wan , Rui Zhang , Hao Sun

A body of work has been done to automate machine learning algorithm to highlight the importance of model choice. Automating the process of choosing the best forecasting model and its corresponding parameters can result to improve a wide…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-02 Nadhir Hassen , Irina Rish

Optimum parameter estimation methods require knowledge of a parametric probability density that statistically describes the available observations. In this work we examine Bayesian and non-Bayesian parameter estimation problems under a…

Applications · Statistics 2022-02-01 George V. Moustakides

Solving inverse problems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs) is central to science and engineering, yet remains challenging when measurements are sparse, noisy, or when the underlying coefficients are high-dimensional or…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Gang Bao , Yaohua Zang

We consider the problem of optimizing initial conditions and termination time in dynamical systems governed by unknown ordinary differential equations (ODEs), where evaluating different initial conditions is costly and the state's value can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Jixiang Qing , Becky D Langdon , Robert M Lee , Behrang Shafei , Mark van der Wilk , Calvin Tsay , Ruth Misener

We study the derivative-informed learning of nonlinear operators between infinite-dimensional separable Hilbert spaces by neural networks. Such operators can arise from the solution of partial differential equations (PDEs), and are used in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-14 Dingcheng Luo , Thomas O'Leary-Roseberry , Peng Chen , Omar Ghattas

The physics-informed neural operator (PINO) is a machine learning paradigm that has demonstrated promising results for learning solutions to partial differential equations (PDEs). It leverages the Fourier Neural Operator to learn solution…

Randomize-then-optimize (RTO) is widely used for sampling from posterior distributions in Bayesian inverse problems. However, RTO may be computationally intensive for complexity problems due to repetitive evaluations of the expensive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-14 Liang Yan , Tao Zhou

Bayesian optimization (BO) is a popular technique for sequential black-box function optimization, with applications including parameter tuning, robotics, environmental monitoring, and more. One of the most important challenges in BO is the…

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This paper investigates the problem of optimal predictor design for distributed parameter systems using neural networks and shape optimization. Sensors with various shapes are placed on the domain of the distributed parameter system. Data…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-13 M. Sajjad Edalatzadeh , Roland Herzog

Simulation and optimization are crucial for advancing the engineering design of complex systems and processes. Traditional optimization methods require substantial computational time and effort due to their reliance on resource-intensive…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-28 Janak M. Patel , Milad Ramezankhani , Anirudh Deodhar , Dagnachew Birru

In this experience report, we apply deep active learning to the field of design optimization to reduce the number of computationally expensive numerical simulations. We are interested in optimizing the design of structural components, where…

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There are a lot of real-world black-box optimization problems that need to optimize multiple criteria simultaneously. However, in a multi-objective optimization (MOO) problem, identifying the whole Pareto front requires the prohibitive…

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