A Stochastic Collocation Method for Elliptic Partial Differential Equations with Random Input Data

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Title: A Stochastic Collocation Method for Elliptic Partial Differential Equations with Random Input Data
Authors: Babuška, Ivo, Nobile, Fabio, Tempone, Raul
Contributors: Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Program, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, ICES, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, MOX, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy
Publisher Information: Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Publication Year: 2010
Collection: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: KAUST Repository
Subject Terms: stochastic collocation method, partial differential equations with random inputs, finite elements, uncertainty quantification, convergence rates, multivariate polynomial approximation, Smolyak approximation, anisotropic sparse approximation
Description: This work proposes and analyzes a stochastic collocation method for solving elliptic partial differential equations with random coefficients and forcing terms. These input data are assumed to depend on a finite number of random variables. The method consists of a Galerkin approximation in space and a collocation in the zeros of suitable tensor product orthogonal polynomials (Gauss points) in the probability space, and naturally leads to the solution of uncoupled deterministic problems as in the Monte Carlo approach. It treats easily a wide range of situations, such as input data that depend nonlinearly on the random variables, diffusivity coefficients with unbounded second moments, and random variables that are correlated or even unbounded. We provide a rigorous convergence analysis and demonstrate exponential convergence of the “probability error” with respect to the number of Gauss points in each direction of the probability space, under some regularity assumptions on the random input data. Numerical examples show the effectiveness of the method. Finally, we include a section with developments posterior to the original publication of this work. There we review sparse grid stochastic collocation methods, which are effective collocation strategies for problems that depend on a moderately large number of random variables.
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
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ISSN: 0036-1445
1095-7200
Relation: A Stochastic Collocation Method for Elliptic Partial Differential Equations with Random Input Data 2010, 52 (2):317 SIAM Review; SIAM Review; http://hdl.handle.net/10754/555664
DOI: 10.1137/100786356
Availability: http://hdl.handle.net/10754/555664
https://doi.org/10.1137/100786356
Rights: Archived with thanks to SIAM Review
Accession Number: edsbas.72042B42
Database: BASE
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