Multi-output local Gaussian process regression: Applications to uncertainty quantification

  • Authors:
  • Ilias Bilionis;Nicholas Zabaras

  • Affiliations:
  • Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA and Materials Process Design and Control Laboratory, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 101 Frank H.T. Rhode ...;Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA and Materials Process Design and Control Laboratory, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 101 Frank H.T. Rhode ...

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

We develop an efficient, Bayesian Uncertainty Quantification framework using a novel treed Gaussian process model. The tree is adaptively constructed using information conveyed by the observed data about the length scales of the underlying process. On each leaf of the tree, we utilize Bayesian Experimental Design techniques in order to learn a multi-output Gaussian process. The constructed surrogate can provide analytical point estimates, as well as error bars, for the statistics of interest. We numerically demonstrate the effectiveness of the suggested framework in identifying discontinuities, local features and unimportant dimensions in the solution of stochastic differential equations.