Adaptive Strategy for the Damping Parameters in an Iteratively Regularized Gauss–Newton Method

In this paper, a convergence analysis of an adaptive choice of the sequence of damping parameters in the iteratively regularized Gauss–Newton method for solving nonlinear ill-posed operator equations is presented. The selection criterion is motivated from the damping parameter choice criteria, which are used for the efficient solution of nonlinear least-square problems. The performance of this selection criterion is tested for the solution of nonlinear ill-posed model problems.     

基于局部多项式展开的多元非参数模型贝叶斯带宽选择

在多元非参数模型中带宽和阶的选择对局部多项式估计量的表现十分重要。本文基于交叉验证准则提出一个自适应贝叶斯带宽选择方法。在给定的误差密度函数下,该方法可推导出对应的似然函数,并构造带宽参数的后验密度函数。随后,通过带宽的后验期望可同时获得阶和带宽的估计。数值模拟的结果表明,该方法不仅比大拇指准则方法精确,且比交叉验证方法耗时更少。与此同时,与Nadaraya-Watson估计相比,所提带宽选择方法对多元非参数模型的适应性要更好。最后,本文通过一组实际数据说明有限样本下所提贝叶斯带宽选择的表现很好。     

多目标决策的中心方法之统一探讨

该文从统一的角度研究了多目标决策的中心方法的结构及其收敛性质．提出了形式一般的、可采用三种曲线搜索规则的中心方法之算法模型并在很弱的条件下证明了其全局收敛性以此为基础．讨论了模型中的搜索方向等参量的取法，给出了两类可实现的算法．该文结果统一和推广了已有的单（多）目标决策的中心方法．数值结果表明该算法是有效的．     

A reliability-based manufacturing process planning method for the components of a complex mechatronic system

Uncertainties in the values of the parameters of a system can originate from the manufacturing tolerances of the system components, which can produce a degree of unreliability in the performance of the system. A systematic framework for realistic reliability assessment of an electro-hydraulic servo system has been presented in this paper with the objective of providing adequate information for the selection of the best manufacturing process for each of the servo valve components. Monte Carlo simulation has been employed to evaluate the effect of these uncertainties of the servo valve parameters on the statistical performance of the system. Possible manufacturing processes have been introduced for each component and the justifiability of using each one has been discussed based on the estimated reliability of the system.     

Semiparametric variable selection for partially varying coefficient models with endogenous variables

By using instrumental variable technology and the partial group smoothly clipped absolute deviation penalty method, we propose a variable selection procedure for a class of partially varying coefficient models with endogenous variables. The proposed variable selection method can eliminate the influence of the endogenous variables. With appropriate selection of the tuning parameters, we establish the oracle property of this variable selection procedure. A simulation study is undertaken to assess the finite sample performance of the proposed variable selection procedure.     

Sizing and shape design sensitivity analysis using a hybrid finite element code

A numerical implementation of sizing and shape design sensitivity analysis of structural systems is presented, using the versatility and convenience of an existing finite element structural analysis code and its database management system. The finite element code used in the implementation presented is the Engineering Analysis Language (EAL), which is based on a hybrid method of analysis. Design sensitivity computations are carried out using the database management system of EAL, without writing a separate program and a separate database. Accurate design sensitivity results are obtained without the uncertainty of numerical accuracy associated with selection of finite difference perturbations. Sizing design parameters, such as crossectional area of beams and thickness of plates, and shape design parameters are considered in this paper. Structural performance measures considered include displacement and stress.     

An Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers for MCP-penalized Regression with High-dimensional Data

The minimax concave penalty (MCP) has been demonstrated theoretically and practically to be effective in nonconvex penalization for variable selection and parameter estimation. In this paper, we develop an efficient alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) with continuation algorithm for solving the MCP-penalized least squares problem in high dimensions. Under some mild conditions, we study the convergence properties and the Karush–Kuhn–Tucker (KKT) optimality conditions of the proposed method. A high-dimensional BIC is developed to select the optimal tuning parameters. Simulations and a real data example are presented to illustrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method.     

一种自适应人工蜂群算法求解U型顺序相依拆卸线平衡问题

产品拆卸过程中零部件之间会相互干扰影响任务作业时间,基于该情形构建了多目标U型SDDLBP优化模型,并提出一种自适应ABC算法。所提算法设计了自适应动态邻域搜索方法,以提高局部开发能力;采用了轮盘赌与锦标赛法结合的分段选择法,以有效评价并选择蜜源进行深度开发;建立了基于当前最优解的变异操作,以提高全局探索能力快速跳出局部最优。最后,通过算例测试和实例分析验证算法的高效性。     

Variable selection for semiparametric varying coefficient partially linear errors-in-variables models

This paper focuses on the variable selections for semiparametric varying coefficient partially linear models when the covariates in the parametric and nonparametric components are all measured with errors. A bias-corrected variable selection procedure is proposed by combining basis function approximations with shrinkage estimations. With appropriate selection of the tuning parameters, the consistency of the variable selection procedure and the oracle property of the regularized estimators are established. A simulation study and a real data application are undertaken to evaluate the finite sample performance of the proposed method.     

Second order Chebyshev semi-iteration in connection with p-parametric E.A.D.I. schemes

In this paper an analysis of a second order Chebyshev semi-iterative method for the p-parametric E.A.D.I. schemes is presented with a recommendation for the selection of the optimum parameters in order to achieve the maximum rate of convergence.     

Non-Probabilistic Structural Reliability Analysis Integrating the PSO and the Kriging Model北大核心CSCD

针对复杂结构可靠性分析中面临的隐式功能函数和小样本问题,提出了一种粒子群优化和Kriging模型相结合的结构非概率可靠性分析方法。采用多维椭球描述结构不确定参数,运用粒子群优化对模型相关参数进行求解,并构建隐式功能函数的Kriging模型进行可靠性分析。三个算例结果表明所提方法有效可行,精度和效率均优于基于Kriging模型的非概率可靠性分析方法。     

Variable selection for fixed effects varying coefficient models

We consider the problem of variable selection for the fixed effects varying coefficient models.A variable selection procedure is developed using basis function approximations and group nonconcave penalized functions, and the fixed effects are removed using the proper weight matrices. The proposed procedure simultaneously removes the fixed individual effects, selects the significant variables and estimates the nonzero coefficient functions. With appropriate selection of the tuning parameters, an asymptotic theory for the resulting estimates is established under suitable conditions. Simulation studies are carried out to assess the performance of our proposed method, and a real data set is analyzed for further illustration.     

AMlet,RAMlet, and GAMlet: Automatic Nonlinear Fitting of Additive Models,Robust and Generalized,With Wavelets

A simple and yet powerful method is presented to estimate nonlinearly and nonparametrically the components of additive models using wavelets. The estimator enjoys the good statistical and computational properties of the Waveshrink scatterplot smoother and it can be efficiently computed using the block coordinate relaxation optimization technique. A rule for the automatic selection of the smoothing parameters, suitable for data mining of large datasets, is derived. The wavelet-based method is then extended to estimate generalized additive models. A primal-dual log-barrier interior point algorithm is proposed to solve the corresponding convex programming problem. Based on an asymptotic analysis, a rule for selecting the smoothing parameters is derived, enabling the estimator to be fully automated in practice. We illustrate the finite sample property with a Gaussian and a Poisson simulation.     

Nonparametric variable selection and its application to additive models

Variable selection for multivariate nonparametric regression models usually involves parameterized approximation for nonparametric functions in the objective function. However, this parameterized approximation often increases the number of parameters significantly, leading to the “curse of dimensionality” and inaccurate estimation. In this paper, we propose a novel and easily implemented approach to do variable selection in nonparametric models without parameterized approximation, enabling selection consistency to be achieved. The proposed method is applied to do variable selection for additive models. A two-stage procedure with selection and adaptive estimation is proposed, and the properties of this method are investigated. This two-stage algorithm is adaptive to the smoothness of the underlying components, and the estimation consistency can reach a parametric rate if the underlying model is really parametric. Simulation studies are conducted to examine the performance of the proposed method. Furthermore, a real data example is analyzed for illustration.

     

Reduction of dispersion in hyperbolic difference schemes by adapting the space discretization

A fourth-order accurate difference scheme for systems of hyperbolic equations is presented. The dispersion in this scheme can be reduced if it is known in advance in which region the frequencies of the dominant Fourier components are located. All method parameters are explicitly expressed in terms of the bounds on the dominating frequencies. The performance of the method is illustrated by an application to the shallow water equations.     

A stabilization method for solution of a parametric multicriteria equilibrium programming problem

A multicriteria equilibrium programming problem comprising a mathematical programming problem as a particular case, a multicriteria Pareto-point search problem, a minimization problem with equilibrium selection of the feasible set, etc., is considered. It is assumed that the initial data are known only approximately. In view of the fact that the considered problem is generally unstable with respect to the input data, a regularization method, which is a generalization of the Tikhonov stabilization method, is proposed. Conditions for matching the method parameters to the error in the input data are presented. The convergence of this method is analyzed.     

带有缺失数据的结构方程模型中的模型选择问题

结构方程模型在社会学、教育学、医学、市场营销学和行为学中有很广泛的应用。在这些领域中,缺失数据比较常见,很多学者提出了带有缺失数据的结构方程模型,并对此模型进行过很多研究。在这一类模型的应用中,模型选择非常重要,本文将一个基于贝叶斯准则的统计量,称为L_v测度,应用到此类模型中进行模型选择。最后,本文通过一个模拟研究及实例分析来说明L_v测度的有效性及应用,并在实例分析中给出了根据贝叶斯因子进行模型选择的结果,以此来进一步说明该测度的有效性。     

A black-box rational Arnoldi variant for Cauchy–Stieltjes matrix functions

Rational Arnoldi is a powerful method for approximating functions of large sparse matrices times a vector. The selection of asymptotically optimal parameters for this method is crucial for its fast convergence. We present and investigate a novel strategy for the automated parameter selection when the function to be approximated is of Cauchy–Stieltjes (or Markov) type, such as the matrix square root or the logarithm. The performance of this approach is demonstrated by numerical examples involving symmetric and nonsymmetric matrices. These examples suggest that our black-box method performs at least as well, and typically better, as the standard rational Arnoldi method with parameters being manually optimized for a given matrix.     

Automated parameter selection for rational Arnoldi approximation of Markov functions

Rational Arnoldi is a powerful method for approximating functions of large sparse matrices times a vector. The selection of asymptotically optimal parameters for this method is crucial for its fast convergence. We present a heuristic for the automated pole selection when the function to be approximated is of Markov type, such as the matrix square root. The performance of this approach is demonstrated at several numerical examples. (© 2011 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A Structural Analysis of Performance Deviations: A Time Series Perspective

A time series modelling approach is suggested to analyze the set of performance deviations which are generated by the institution's control system. The purpose of the time series analysis is to provide decision makers with information regarding the structure underlying the set of performance deviations. This structural analysis is intended to facilitate the selection and implementation of appropriate control actions. The basic control system's elements needed to generate information amenable to a time series analysis are specified. A simple case is presented to illustrate the time series method suggested.