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This paper presents a deep learning based model predictive control algorithm for control affine nonlinear discrete time systems with matched and bounded state dependent uncertainties of unknown structure. Since the structure of…
Semi-implicit multilevel spectral deferred correction (SI-MLSDC) methods provide a promising approach for high-order time integration for nonlinear evolution equations including conservation laws. However, existing methods lack robustness…
In this paper the numerical approximation of stochastic differential equations satisfying a global monotonicity condition is studied. The strong rate of convergence with respect to the mean square norm is determined to be $\frac{1}{2}$ for…
In this paper we establish a stability barrier of a class of high-order Hermite-type discretization of 1D advection equations underlying the hybrid-variable (HV) and active flux (AF) methods. These methods seek numerical approximations to…
A recent paper [J. A. Evans, D. Kamensky, Y. Bazilevs, "Variational multiscale modeling with discretely divergence-free subscales", Computers & Mathematics with Applications, 80 (2020) 2517-2537] introduced a novel stabilized finite element…
In this paper, based on a generalized scalar auxiliary variable approach with relaxation (R-GSAV), we construct a class of high-order backward differentiation formula (BDF) schemes with variable time steps for the…
A second-order accurate modular algorithm is presented for a standard BDF2 code for the Navier-Stokes equations (NSE). The algorithm exhibits resistance to solver breakdown and increased computational efficiency for increasing values of…
Error bounds for fully discrete schemes for the evolutionary incompressible Navier--Stokes equations are derived in this paper. For the time integration we apply BDF-$q$ methods, $q\le 5$, for which error bounds for $q\ge 3$ cannot be found…
The spectral deferred correction (SDC) method is an iterative scheme for computing a higher-order collocation solution to an ODE by performing a series of correction sweeps using a low-order timestepping method. This paper examines a…
This work studies the design problem of feedback stabilizers for discrete-time systems with input delays. A backstepping procedure is proposed for disturbance-free discrete-time systems. The feedback law designed by using backstepping…
Temporal difference (TD) learning is a foundational algorithm in reinforcement learning (RL). For nearly forty years, TD learning has served as a workhorse for applied RL as well as a building block for more complex and specialized…
The Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations with generalized Frumkin-Butler-Volmer boundary conditions (PNP-FBV) describe ion transport with Faradaic reactions and have applications in a wide variety of fields. Using an adaptive time-stepper based…
We analyze (stochastic) gradient descent (SGD) with delayed updates on smooth quasi-convex and non-convex functions and derive concise, non-asymptotic, convergence rates. We show that the rate of convergence in all cases consists of two…
In this work we present an a priori error analysis for solving the unsteady advection equation on cut cell meshes along a straight ramp in two dimensions. The space discretization uses a lowest order upwind-type discontinuous Galerkin…
We show that accelerated gradient descent, averaged gradient descent and the heavy-ball method for non-strongly-convex problems may be reformulated as constant parameter second-order difference equation algorithms, where stability of the…
The Deferred Correction (DeC) is an iterative procedure, characterized by increasing accuracy at each iteration, which can be used to design numerical methods for systems of ODEs. The main advantage of such framework is the automatic way of…
In this paper we present a novel randomized block coordinate descent method for the minimization of a convex composite objective function. The method uses (approximate) partial second-order (curvature) information, so that the algorithm…
This paper investigates the long time stability behavior of multiphysics flow problems, namely the Navier-Stokes equations, natural convection and double-diffusive convection equations with an extrapolated blended BDF time-stepping scheme.…
Controlling the false discovery rate (FDR) is a powerful approach to multiple testing. In many applications, the tested hypotheses have an inherent hierarchical structure. In this paper, we focus on the fixed sequence structure where the…
To predict allowable time-step size for the fully discretized nonlinear differential equations, a stability theory is developed using exact determination of an infinite perturbation series. Mathematical induction is used to determine the…