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A fundamental challenge in model-based offline reinforcement learning (RL) lies in the trade-off between generalization and robustness against exploitation errors in out-of-distribution (OOD) regions. While OOD samples may capture valid…

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In this paper we contribute a novel algorithm family, which generalizes many unsupervised techniques including unnormalized and energy models, and allows us to infer different statistical modalities (e.g. data likelihood and ratio between…

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We present a dual-guided framework for reconstructing unsteady incompressible flow fields using sparse observations. The approach combines optimized sensor placement with a physics-informed guided generative model. Sensor locations are…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-06-18 Sajad Salavatidezfouli , Henrik Karstoft , Alexandros Iosifidis , Mahdi Abkar

(short version abstract, full in article)High-fidelity flow field reconstruction is important in fluid dynamics, but it is challenged by sparse and spatiotemporally incomplete sensor measurements, as well as failures of pre-deployed…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-03-11 Renjie Xiao , Bingteng Sun , Yiling Chen , Lin Lu , Qiang Du , Junqiang Zhu

Reconstruction of fine-scale information from sparse data is relevant to many practical fluid dynamic applications where the sensing is typically sparse. Fluid flows in an ideal sense are manifestations of nonlinear multiscale PDE dynamical…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Chen Lu , Balaji Jayaraman

Parameter estimation remains a challenging task across many areas of engineering. Because data acquisition can often be costly, limited, or prone to inaccuracies (noise, uncertainty) it is crucial to identify sensor configurations that…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-11-20 Georgios Venianakis , Constantinos Theodoropoulos , Michail Kavousanakis

Recreating complex, high-dimensional global fields from limited data points is a grand challenge across various scientific and industrial domains. Given the prohibitive costs of specialized sensors and the frequent inaccessibility of…

Measurement of the velocity field in thermal-hydraulic experiments is of great importance for phenomena interpretation and code validation. Direct measurement employing Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is challenging in some multiphase…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-09-03 Xicheng Wang , YiMeng Chan , KinWing Wong , Dmitry Grishchenko , Pavel Kudinov

A seismic wavefield reconstruction framework based on compressed sensing using the data-driven reduced-order model (ROM) is proposed and its characteristics are investigated through numerical experiments. The data-driven ROM is generated…

Dynamic optimization problems (DOPs) are challenging due to their changing conditions. This requires algorithms to be highly adaptable and efficient in terms of finding rapidly new optimal solutions under changing conditions. Traditional…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Federico Signorelli , Anil Yaman

Within the field of optimal experimental design, \emph{sensor placement} refers to the act of finding the optimal locations of data collecting sensors, with the aim to optimise reconstruction of an unknown parameter from finite data. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-26 Christian Aarset , Tram Thi Ngoc Nguyen

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have emerged as a powerful framework for modeling physical systems and solving inverse problems. In such settings, sensors are deployed to capture observable system responses; however, the quality of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-09 Jianxin Xie

Stochastic computer simulations enable users to gain new insights into complex physical systems. Optimization is a common problem in this context: users seek to find model inputs that maximize the expected value of an objective function.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-13 Atiye Alaeddini , Daniel J. Klein

The objective of this work is to quantify the reconstruction error in sparse inverse problems with measures and stochastic noise, motivated by optimal sensor placement. To be useful in this context, the error quantities must be explicit in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-19 Phuoc-Truong Huynh , Konstantin Pieper , Daniel Walter

Selecting cost-effective optimal sensor configurations for subsequent inference of parameters in black-box stochastic systems faces significant computational barriers. We propose a novel and robust approach, modelling the joint distribution…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-03-04 Paula Cordero-Encinar , Tobias Schröder , Peter Yatsyshin , Andrew Duncan

This report considers the class of applications of sensor networks in which each sensor node makes measurements, such as temperature or humidity, at the precise location of the node. Such spot-sensing applications approximate the physical…

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We propose a method to optimally position a sensor system, which consists of multiple sensors, each has limited range and viewing angle, and they may fail with a certain failure rate. The goal is to find the optimal locations as well as the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-04-20 Seong Jun Kim , Sung Ha Kang , Haomin Zhou

Temperature monitoring during the life time of heat source components in engineering systems becomes essential to guarantee the normal work and the working life of these components. However, prior methods, which mainly use the interpolate…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-27 Zhiqiang Gong , Weien Zhou , Jun Zhang , Wei Peng , Wen Yao

The layout of acoustic emission sensors plays a critical role in non-destructive structural testing. This study proposes a grid-based optimization method focused on multi-source location results, in contrast to traditional sensor layout…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-01-22 Yiling Chen , Xueyi Shang , Yi Ren , Linghao Liu , Xiaoying Li , Yu Zhang , Xiao Wu , Zhuqing Li , Yang Tai

The accurate localization of sensor nodes is a fundamental requirement for the practical application of the Internet of Things (IoT). To enable robust localization across diverse environments, this paper proposes a hybrid meta-heuristic…

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