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Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) is a general and flexible control approach, used in many industrial contexts, and is based on the online solution of a nonlinear optimization problem. This operation requires in general a high…

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Machine-learning (ML) ans\"atze have greatly expanded the accuracy and reach of variational quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) calculations, in particular when exploring the manifold quantum phenomena exhibited by spin systems. However, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-24 Manuel Gallego , Sebastián Roca-Jerat , David Zueco , Jesús Carrete

Monte Carlo methods play a central role in particle physics, where they are indispensable for simulating scattering processes, modeling detector responses, and performing multi-dimensional integrals. However, traditional Monte Carlo methods…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-14 Heechan Yi , Kayoung Ban , Myeonghun Park , Kyoungchul Kong

Monte Carlo integration using quantum computers has been widely investigated, including applications to concrete problems. It is known that quantum algorithms based on quantum amplitude estimation (QAE) can compute an integral with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-25 Kazuya Kaneko , Koichi Miyamoto , Naoyuki Takeda , Kazuyoshi Yoshino

Monte Carlo sampling is a powerful toolbox of algorithmic techniques widely used for a number of applications wherein some noisy quantity, or summary statistic thereof, is sought to be estimated. In this paper, we survey the literature for…

Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods are the gold standard for studying equilibrium properties of quantum many-body systems -- their phase transitions, ground and thermal state properties. However, in many interesting situations QMC methods…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-19 Dominik Hangleiter , Ingo Roth , Daniel Nagaj , Jens Eisert

Computing accurate yet efficient approximations to the solutions of the electronic Schr\"odinger equation has been a paramount challenge of computational chemistry for decades. Quantum Monte Carlo methods are a promising avenue of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-09-25 Zeno Schätzle , Bernát Szabó , Matĕj Mezera , Jan Hermann , Frank Noé

Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are algorithms for sampling probability distributions, commonly applied to the Boltzmann distribution in physical and chemical models such as protein folding and the Ising model. These methods enable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-04 Aingeru Ramos , Jose A. Pascual , Javier Navaridas , Ivan Coluzza

Deploying deep learning models in safety-critical applications remains a very challenging task, mandating the provision of assurances for the dependable operation of these models. Uncertainty quantification (UQ) methods estimate the model's…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Daniel Bethell , Simos Gerasimou , Radu Calinescu

Efficient uncertainty quantification algorithms are key to understand the propagation of uncertainty -- from uncertain input parameters to uncertain output quantities -- in high resolution mathematical models of brain physiology. Advanced…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-01-10 Matteo Croci , Vegard Vinje , Marie E. Rognes

A recent preprint by Mazzola and Carleo numerically investigates exponential challenges that can arise for the QC-QMC algorithm introduced in our work, "Unbiasing fermionic quantum Monte Carlo with a quantum computer." As discussed in our…

Traditional deep learning (DL) models are powerful classifiers, but many approaches do not provide uncertainties for their estimates. Uncertainty quantification (UQ) methods for DL models have received increased attention in the literature…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-14 Daniel Ries , Joshua Michalenko , Tyler Ganter , Rashad Imad-Fayez Baiyasi , Jason Adams

Multivariate shortfall risk measures provide a principled framework for quantifying systemic risk and determining capital allocations prior to aggregation in interconnected financial systems. Despite their well established theoretical…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2026-03-09 Chiheb Ben Hammouda , Truong Ngoc Nguyen

Many-electron problems pose some of the greatest challenges in computational science, with important applications across many fields of modern science. Fermionic quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) methods are among the most powerful approaches to…

We interpret uncertainty in a model for seismic wave propagation by treating the model parameters as random variables, and apply the Multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC) method to reduce the cost of approximating expected values of selected,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-06 Marco Ballesio , Joakim Beck , Anamika Pandey , Laura Parisi , Erik von Schwerin , Raul Tempone

We study the application of a quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) method to a class of semi-linear parabolic reaction-diffusion partial differential equations used to model tumor growth. Mathematical models of tumor growth are largely phenomenological…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-23 Alexander D. Gilbert , Frances Y. Kuo , Dirk Nuyens , Graham Pash , Ian H. Sloan , Karen E. Willcox

Ab initio quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) is a stochastic approach for solving the many-body Schr\"odinger equation without resorting to one-body approximations. QMC algorithms are readily parallelizable via ensembles of $N_w$ walkers, making…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-08-19 Kousuke Nakano , Sandro Sorella , Michele Casula

The accessibility of spatially distributed data, enabled by affordable sensors, field, and numerical experiments, has facilitated the development of data-driven solutions for scientific problems, including climate change, weather…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-09 Vardhan Dongre , Gurpreet Singh Hora

The analysis of decision-making process in electricity markets is crucial for understanding and resolving issues related to market manipulation and reduced social welfare. Traditional Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) method can…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-24 Shuyang Zhu , Ziqing Zhu , Linghua Zhu , Yujian Ye , Siqi Bu , Sasa Z. Djokic

We consider a fundamental generalization of the classical newsvendor problem where the seller needs to decide on the inventory of a product jointly for multiple locations on a metric as well as a fulfillment policy to satisfy the uncertain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-04 Ayoub Foussoul , Vineet Goyal