Study permeable sets and their dimensions, with applications to fractals.
problem Understanding permeability and dimensions of sets.
method Investigate permeable sets and their properties, establish theorems on permeability and dimension relations.
result Most subsets of \(\mathbb{R}^d\) with dimension less than \(d-1\) are permeable.
A machine learning method predicts rock permeability from 3D images.
problem Efficiently predict permeability of heterogeneous rocks for planetary and robotic applications.
method Machine learning guided 3D properties recognition of rock morphology from 3D micro CT and MRI images.
result The morphology decoder method accurately predicts permeability from 3D images.
CNNs predict porosity, permeability, and tortuosity from porous media images.
problem Predicting key properties of porous media from images.
method Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) trained with lattice Boltzmann simulations.
result CNNs accurately predict porosity, permeability, and tortuosity.
Research shows Twitter is permeable to financial events, influencing its content and sentiment.
problem Investigating how Twitter reacts to financial events.
method Conducted experiments on a specific financial event (Tesco PLC and Booker Group PLC merger announcement).
result Twitter is permeable to financial events, affecting its content and sentiment.
Machine learning predicts rock properties from routine core analysis.
problem Predict rock properties like porosity and permeability from routine core analysis.
method Developed and compared machine learning models (NN, SVM, LR).
result Neural network with hidden layers best for all rock properties.
Generative adversarial networks improve stochastic input parametrization in subsurface flow simulations.
problem Effective parametrization of high-dimensional, correlated stochastic inputs in subsurface flow simulations.
method Training a generative adversarial network to emulate the data generating process of stochastic inputs.
result Generative adversarial networks preserve both visual realism and high-order statistics of flow responses, achieving a significant dimensionality reduction.
We derive a numerical method for Darcy flow, hence also for Poisson's equation in mixed (first order) form, based on discrete exterior calculus (DEC). Exterior calculus is a generalization of vector calculus to smooth manifolds and DEC is one of its discretizations on simplicial complexes such as triangle and tetrahedr…
The goal of this paper is to assess the utility of Reduced-Order Models (ROMs) developed from 3D physics-based models for predicting transient thermal power output for an enhanced geothermal reservoir while explicitly accounting for uncertainties in the subsurface system and site-specific details. Numerical simulations…
Deep learning predicts fluid flow in porous media, accelerating simulations by orders of magnitude.
problem Accurate simulation of fluid flow in complex porous media requires excessive computational resources.
method Combining deep learning with direct simulation, using Gated U-Net CNNs trained on datasets of 2D and 3D porous media.
result Deep learning predictions can reach over 90% accuracy for permeability estimation and accelerate simulations by orders of magnitude.
A new method for solving complex inverse problems using deep learning.
problem Estimating complex spatially-varying parameters in high-dimensional Bayesian inverse problems.
method A variational inference method with a deep generative prior to approximate the posterior distribution.
result The method improves estimation accuracy and efficiency for solving high-dimensional inverse problems.
Deep neural network predicts multiphase flow in heterogeneous domains.
problem Predicting multiphase flow in complex, heterogeneous systems.
method Deep neural network model for handling permeability heterogeneity and learning interplay of forces.
result Highly accurate predictions of CO2 saturation distribution with computational efficiency.
Develops a data-driven model for porous media flow simulations.
problem Capturing flow field and permeability in digital porous media.
method Data-driven approach using Lattice Boltzmann simulation data.
result Accurately predicts flow solutions with reduced computational time.
Surrogate strategies are used widely for uncertainty quantification of groundwater models in order to improve computational efficiency. However, their application to dynamic multiphase flow problems is hindered by the curse of dimensionality, the saturation discontinuity due to capillarity effects, and the time-depende…
Bayesian model tackles high-dimensional inverse problems efficiently.
problem Estimating spatially-varying parameters in expensive models.
method Multiscale Bayesian inference with deep generative models and MCMC.
result Efficient estimation of global and local parameter features.
We are interested in the development of surrogate models for uncertainty quantification and propagation in problems governed by stochastic PDEs using a deep convolutional encoder-decoder network in a similar fashion to approaches considered in deep learning for image-to-image regression tasks. Since normal neural netwo…
Unified framework for Bayesian PDE-constrained inversion using physics-informed neural networks.
problem Incorporating prior distributions in function space into Bayesian PINN-based inversion.
method Functional-prior-based approaches (fpBPINN) to Bayesian PDE-constrained inversion using physics-informed neural networks (PINNs). Two complementary approaches: FPI-BPINN and fParVI-PINN.
result Accurate estimation of posterior distributions in seismic traveltime tomography and Darcy-flow permeability inversion.
One of the main challenges in the parametrization of geological models is the ability to capture complex geological structures often observed in the subsurface. In recent years, generative adversarial networks (GAN) were proposed as an efficient method for the generation and parametrization of complex data, showing sta…
Several multiscale methods account for sub-grid scale features using coarse scale basis functions. For example, in the Multiscale Finite Volume method the coarse scale basis functions are obtained by solving a set of local problems over dual-grid cells. We introduce a data-driven approach for the estimation of these co…
Stochastic image reconstruction is a key part of modern digital rock physics and materials analysis that aims to create numerous representative samples of material micro-structures for upscaling, numerical computation of effective properties and uncertainty quantification. We present a method of three-dimensional stoch…
VAE improves MCMC efficiency by generating diverse prior proposals.
problem Inefficient MCMC methods in Bayesian inverse problems, especially subsurface flow modeling.
method Uses Variational Autoencoder (VAE) to generate broader-spectrum prior proposals.
result VAE achieves comparable accuracy to Karhunen-Loève Expansion (KLE) and outperforms it when correlation length is unknown.
Experimental design is crucial for inference where limitations in the data collection procedure are present due to cost or other restrictions. Optimal experimental designs determine parameters that in some appropriate sense make the data the most informative possible. In a Bayesian setting this is translated to updatin…
New concepts of barriers and black regions defined for Lorentzian manifolds.
problem Understanding causal world-lines and horizons in Lorentzian manifolds.
method Proving properties of null hypersurfaces and their causal world-lines.
result Null hypersurfaces are semi-permeable, leading to new concepts of barriers and black regions.
Deep learning speeds up pressure prediction in carbon storage reservoirs.
problem Accurately forecasting reservoir pressure in geologic carbon storage projects with sparse well data.
method Combining InSAR surface displacement data with deep learning and data assimilation techniques.
result Workflow can predict reservoir pressure with high efficiency and uncertainty quantification.
Developed MF-PINNs to solve coupled Stokes-Darcy equations more accurately.
problem Solving coupled Stokes-Darcy equations with varying physical constants.
method Combining VP and SV forms with adjusted weights in MF-PINNs.
result Improved accuracy of streamline and pressure fields in numerical experiments.
This study recovers electromagnetic parameters on boundaries from impedance and admittance data.
problem Recovering anisotropic electromagnetic parameters from boundary impedance and admittance data.
method Formulated inverse boundary value problem for time-harmonic Maxwell's equations on differential 1-forms.
result Knowledge of impedance and admittance maps determines tangential entries of induced metrics at the boundary.
This paper learns prior models from indirect data efficiently.
problem Learning prior models from indirect data in Bayesian inversion.
method Generative model of prior as pushforward of Gaussian in latent space, learned by minimizing loss function.
result Efficient residual-based neural operator approximation for forward model learning.
New method uses machine learning to estimate drug parameters in brain models.
problem Estimating unknown parameters in complex brain drug models.
method Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) for inverse problem solving.
result Accurate parameter estimation leads to precise drug concentration profiles.
Deep learning model predicts subsurface flow dynamics.
problem Predicting dynamic subsurface flow in channelized geological systems.
method Residual U-Net and Convolutional LSTM networks trained on pressure and saturation maps.
result Surrogate model accurately predicts pressure, saturation, and well rates for new realizations.
This paper analyzes uncertainty in DFN simulations using sensitivity analysis.
problem Uncertainty in estimating QoI due to epistemic and aleatoric uncertainties in DFN simulations.
method Sensitivity analysis to attribute uncertainty to input parameters and aleatoric uncertainty.
result Characterizes uncertainty in DFN flow simulations with heteroskedastic aleatoric uncertainty.
Unified framework solves nonlinear PDEs and IPs using Gaussian processes.
problem Solving and identifying parameters in nonlinear PDEs and inverse problems.
method Gaussian process framework approximating solutions as MAP estimators, reducing to finite-dimensional optimization problem.
result Unified method converges in a small number of iterations for various PDEs.