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Neural Network-Based Sequential Global Sensitivity Analysis Algorithm

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Abstract

Performing global sensitivity analysis (GSA) can be challenging due to the combined effect of the high computational cost, but it is also essential for engineering decision making. To reduce this cost, surrogate modeling such as neural networks (NNs) are used to replace the expensive simulation model in the GSA process, which introduces the additional challenge of finding the minimum number of training data samples required to train the NNs accurately. In this work, a recently proposed NN-based GSA algorithm to accurately quantify the sensitivities is improved. The algorithm iterates over the number of samples required to train the NNs and terminates using an outer-loop sensitivity convergence criteria. The iterative surrogate-based GSA yields converged values for the Sobol’ indices and, at the same time, alleviates the specification of arbitrary accuracy metrics for the NN-based approximation model. In this paper, the algorithm is improved by enhanced NN modeling, which lead to an overall acceleration of the GSA process. The improved algorithm is tested numerically on problems involving an analytical function with three input parameters, and a simulation-based nondestructive evaluation problem with three input parameters.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Science - ICCS 2022, 22nd International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsDerek Groen, Clélia de Mulatier, Valeria V. Krzhizhanovskaya, Peter M.A. Sloot, Maciej Paszynski, Jack J. Dongarra
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages445-454
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783031087561
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event22nd Annual International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2022 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 21 Jun 202223 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13352 LNCS

Conference

Conference22nd Annual International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period21/06/2223/06/22

Bibliographical note

Funding Information: Acknowledgements. This material is based upon work supported by the United States National Science Foundation under grant no. 1739551. Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Other keywords

  • Global sensitivity analysis
  • Neural networks
  • Sobol’ indices
  • Surrogate modeling
  • Termination criteria

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