Multi-scale Uncertainty Propagation in Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Theoretical and computational methods to analyze and control the dynamic behavior of complex systems under uncertainty were investigated. Compressive Polynomial Chaos Expansions were used to circumvent the large-scale difficulties common in other Polynomial Chaos expansions. In the area of Koopman and Dynamic Mode Decomposition Analysis, stable and efficient computational techniques were developed that address a suite of problems, from Ergodic Quotient computations to complex turbulent flow characterizations. This resulted in a Koopman mode theory that rigorously unifies a number of seemingly distinct concepts advanced in fluid dynamics. Using the setting of stochastic structured uncertainty, a purely input-output theory of systems with time-varying stochastic parameters was developed. New mean-square stability tests were discovered with two important features, computational complexity that scales with number of uncertainties rather than with state dimension, and the ability to handle correlated uncertainty. Distributed control design in large-scale stochastic networks was studied. In the limit of large system size, surprising dimensionality dependencies and phase transition phenomena were discovered in the optimal control design problem itself.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 08, 2013
Accession Number
ADA589715

Entities

People

  • Bassam Bamieh
  • Clarence W. Rowley
  • Igor Mezić
  • Mustafa Khammash

Organizations

  • University of California Regents

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  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computational Science
  • Department Of Defense
  • Discrete Fourier Transforms
  • Engineering
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Fourier Analysis
  • Information Operations
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics
  • Model Predictive Control
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Network Topology
  • Phase Transformations
  • Random Variables
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Uncertainty

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  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
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