Estimating physics models and quantifying their uncertainty using optimization with a Bayesian objective function
This paper reports a verification study for a method that fits functions to sets of data from several experiments simultaneously. The method finds a maximum a posteriori probability (MAP) estimate of a function subject to constraints (e. g., convexity in the study), uncertainty about the estimate, and a quantitative characterization of how data from each experiment constrains that uncertainty. While the present work focuses on a model of the Equation Of State (EOS) of gasses produced by detonating a high explosive, the method can be applied to a wide range of physics processes with either parametric or semi-parametric models. As a verification exercise, a reference EOS is used and artificial experimental data sets are created using numerical integration of ordinary differential equations and pseudo-random noise. The method yields an estimate of the EOS that is close to the reference, and identifies how each experiment most constrains the result.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC). Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) (SC-21)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1544720
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-18-27132
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Vol. 4, Issue 1; ISSN 2377-2158
- Publisher:
- ASMECopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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