Probabilistic Approach to Characterize Quantitative Uncertainty in Numerical Approximations

Autor: Joel Chaskalovic, Franck Assous
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, Vol 22, Iss 1 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 13926292
1392-6292
1648-3510
DOI: 10.3846/13926292.2017.1272499
Popis: This paper proposes a statistical and probabilistic approach to compare and analyze the errors of two different approximation methods. We introduce the principle of numerical uncertainty in such a process, and we illustrate it by considering the discretization difference between two different approximation orders, e.g., first and second order Lagrangian finite element. Then, we derive a probabilistic approach to define and to qualify equivalent results. We illustrate our approach on a model problem on which we built the two above mentioned finite element approximations. We consider some variables as physical “predictors”, and we characterize how they influence the odds of the approximation methods to be locally “same order accurate”.
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