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This work considers Bayesian experimental design for the inverse boundary value problem of linear elasticity in a two-dimensional setting. The aim is to optimize the positions of compactly supported pressure activations on the boundary of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Sarah Eberle-Blick , Nuutti Hyvönen

In this paper, we consider the inverse optimal control problem for the discrete-time linear quadratic regulator, over finite-time horizons. Given observations of the optimal trajectories, and optimal control inputs, to a linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-31 Han Zhang , Jack Umenberger , Xiaoming Hu

Inverse design refers to the problem of optimizing the input of an objective function in order to enact a target outcome. For many real-world engineering problems, the objective function takes the form of a simulator that predicts how the…

Bayesian optimality criteria provide a robust design strategy to parameter misspecification. We develop an approximate design theory for Bayesian $D$-optimality for non-linear regression models with covariates subject to measurement errors.…

Methodology · Statistics 2016-05-16 Maria Konstantinou , Holger Dette

This article presents a general and novel approach to the automation of goal-oriented error control in the solution of nonlinear stationary finite element variational problems. The approach is based on automated linearization to obtain the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-05-01 Marie E. Rognes , Anders Logg

This paper studies the partially observed stochastic optimal control problem for systems with state dynamics governed by partial differential equations (PDEs) that leads to an extremely large problem. First, an open-loop deterministic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-06 Dan Yu , Mohammadhussein Rafieisakhaei , Suman Chakravorty

Systems with both quantitative and qualitative responses are widely encountered in many applications. Design of experiment methods are needed when experiments are conducted to study such systems. Classic experimental design methods are…

Methodology · Statistics 2023-04-24 Lulu Kang , Xinwei Deng , Ran Jin

In this article we develop a convergence theory for goal-oriented adaptive finite element algorithms designed for a class of second-order semilinear elliptic equations. We briefly discuss the target problem class, and introduce several…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-24 Michael Holst , Sara Pollock , Yunrong Zhu

In optimal experimental design, the objective is to select a limited set of experiments that maximizes information about unknown model parameters based on factor levels. This work addresses the generalized D-optimal design problem, allowing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Aditya Pillai , Gabriel Ponte , Marcia Fampa , Jon Lee , and Mohit Singh , Weijun Xie

Global quantum sensing enables parameter estimation across arbitrary ranges with a finite number of measurements. Among the various existing formulations, the Bayesian paradigm stands as a flexible approach for optimal protocol design under…

A greedy algorithm is proposed for sparse-sensor selection in reduced-order sensing that contains correlated noise in measurement. The sensor selection is carried out by maximizing the determinant of the Fisher information matrix in a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-28 Keigo Yamada , Yuji Saito , Koki Nankai , Taku Nonomura , Keisuke Asai , Daisuke Tsubakino

Real-time tsunami early warning relies on distributed sensor networks to infer seismic sources and seafloor motion. Optimizing these networks via Bayesian optimal experimental design (OED) is exceptionally challenging for systems governed…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Sreeram Venkat , Stefan Henneking , Omar Ghattas

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

Gaussian Processes are used in many applications to model spatial phenomena. Within this context, a key issue is to decide the set of locations where to take measurements so as to obtain a better approximation of the underlying function.…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-01-31 Lorenzo Bottarelli , Alessandro Farinelli

This paper studies the partially observed stochastic optimal control problem for systems with state dynamics governed by Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) that leads to an extremely large problem. First, an open-loop deterministic…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-07-12 Dan Yu , Mohammadhussein Rafieisakhaei , Suman Chakravorty

We study the sensitivity of infinite-dimensional Bayesian linear inverse problems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs) with respect to modeling uncertainties. In particular, we consider derivative-based sensitivity analysis of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-17 Abhijit Chowdhary , Shanyin Tong , Georg Stadler , Alen Alexanderian

Inverse design is a common yet challenging engineering problem, particularly for nonlinear functional responses such as mechanical behavior or spectral analysis. Deep generative models are motivated by intractability, non-existence or…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Haoxuan Dylan Mu , Mingjian Tang , Wei Gao , Wei "Wayne" Chen

Gaussian process regression uses data measured at sensor locations to reconstruct a spatially dependent function with quantified uncertainty. However, if only a limited number of sensors can be deployed, it is important to determine how to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Jessie Chen , Hangjie Ji , Arvind K. Saibaba

We study the problem of scheduling sensors in a resource-constrained linear dynamical system, where the objective is to select a small subset of sensors from a large network to perform the state estimation task. We formulate this problem as…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-04-05 Abolfazl Hashemi , Mahsa Ghasemi , Haris Vikalo , Ufuk Topcu

The problem of synthesizing an optimal sensor selection policy is pertinent to a variety of engineering applications ranging from event detection to autonomous navigation. We consider such a synthesis problem over an infinite time horizon…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-24 Michael Hibbard , Kirsten Tuggle , Takashi Tanaka