Multilevel Monte Carlo Methods for Stochastic Convection-Diffusion Eigenvalue Problems

© The Author(s) 2024.

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Publié dans:Journal of scientific computing. - 1999. - 99(2024), 3 vom: 16., Seite 77
Auteur principal: Cui, Tiangang (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: De Sterck, Hans, Gilbert, Alexander D, Polishchuk, Stanislav, Scheichl, Robert
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2024
Accès à la collection:Journal of scientific computing
Sujets:Journal Article Convection–diffusion eigenvalue problems Homotopy Multilevel Monte Carlo Uncertainty quantification
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Résumé:© The Author(s) 2024.
We develop new multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC) methods to estimate the expectation of the smallest eigenvalue of a stochastic convection-diffusion operator with random coefficients. The MLMC method is based on a sequence of finite element (FE) discretizations of the eigenvalue problem on a hierarchy of increasingly finer meshes. For the discretized, algebraic eigenproblems we use both the Rayleigh quotient (RQ) iteration and implicitly restarted Arnoldi (IRA), providing an analysis of the cost in each case. By studying the variance on each level and adapting classical FE error bounds to the stochastic setting, we are able to bound the total error of our MLMC estimator and provide a complexity analysis. As expected, the complexity bound for our MLMC estimator is superior to plain Monte Carlo. To improve the efficiency of the MLMC further, we exploit the hierarchy of meshes and use coarser approximations as starting values for the eigensolvers on finer ones. To improve the stability of the MLMC method for convection-dominated problems, we employ two additional strategies. First, we consider the streamline upwind Petrov-Galerkin formulation of the discrete eigenvalue problem, which allows us to start the MLMC method on coarser meshes than is possible with standard FEs. Second, we apply a homotopy method to add stability to the eigensolver for each sample. Finally, we present a multilevel quasi-Monte Carlo method that replaces Monte Carlo with a quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) rule on each level. Due to the faster convergence of QMC, this improves the overall complexity. We provide detailed numerical results comparing our different strategies to demonstrate the practical feasibility of the MLMC method in different use cases. The results support our complexity analysis and further demonstrate the superiority over plain Monte Carlo in all cases
Description:Date Revised 25.05.2024
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:0885-7474
DOI:10.1007/s10915-024-02539-9