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Publications (11)

physics.data-an2020

Predictive Capability Maturity Quantification using Bayesian Network

Linyu Lin, Nam Dinh

In nuclear engineering, modeling and simulations (M&Ss) are widely applied to support risk-informed safety analysis. Since nuclear safety analysis has important implications, a con…

cs.SE2021

Uncertainty Quantification and Software Risk Analysis for Digital Twins in the Nearly Autonomous Management and Control Systems: A Review

Linyu Lin, Han Bao, Nam Dinh

A nearly autonomous management and control (NAMAC) system is designed to furnish recommendations to operators for achieving particular goals based on NAMAC's knowledge base. As a c…

eess.SP2020

Development and Assessment of a Nearly Autonomous Management and Control System for Advanced Reactors

Linyu Lin, Paridhi Athe, Pascal Rouxelin +5

This paper develops a Nearly Autonomous Management and Control (NAMAC) system for advanced reactors. The development process of NAMAC is characterized by a three layer-layer archit…

eess.SY2025

Nuclear Microreactor Control with Deep Reinforcement Learning

Leo Tunkle, Kamal Abdulraheem, Linyu Lin +1

The economic feasibility of nuclear microreactors will depend on minimizing operating costs through advancements in autonomous control, especially when these microreactors are oper…

cs.LG2026

Physics-based Digital Twins for Integrated Thermal Energy Systems Using Active Learning

Umme Mahbuba Nabila, Paul Seurin, Linyu Lin +1

Real-time supervisory control of thermal energy distribution systems requires digital twins that are accurate, interpretable, and uncertainty-aware, yet remain data and computation…

eess.SY2026

In-Context System Identification for Nonlinear Dynamics Using Large Language Models

Linyu Lin

Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamics (SINDy) is a powerful method for discovering parsimonious governing equations from data, but it often requires expert tuning of candidat…

cs.LG2020

Using Deep Learning to Explore Local Physical Similarity for Global-scale Bridging in Thermal-hydraulic Simulation

Han Bao, Nam Dinh, Linyu Lin +3

Current system thermal-hydraulic codes have limited credibility in simulating real plant conditions, especially when the geometry and boundary conditions are extrapolated beyond th…

eess.SY2024

Multistep Criticality Search and Power Shaping in Microreactors with Reinforcement Learning

Majdi I. Radaideh, Leo Tunkle, Dean Price +3

Reducing operation and maintenance costs is a key objective for advanced reactors in general and microreactors in particular. To achieve this reduction, developing robust autonomou…

cs.LG2022

Advanced Transient Diagnostic with Ensemble Digital Twin Modeling

Edward Chen, Linyu Lin, Nam T. Dinh

The use of machine learning (ML) model as digital-twins for reduced-order-modeling (ROM) in lieu of system codes has grown traction over the past few years. However, due to the com…

eess.SY2025

Adaptive Control for a Physics-Informed Model of a Thermal Energy Distribution System: Qualitative Analysis

Paul Seurin, Auradha Annaswamy, Linyu Lin

Integrated energy systems (IES) are complex heterogeneous architectures that typically encompass power sources, hydrogen electrolyzers, energy storage, and heat exchangers. This in…

cs.AI2021

Digital-Twin-Based Improvements to Diagnosis, Prognosis, Strategy Assessment, and Discrepancy Checking in a Nearly Autonomous Management and Control System

Linyu Lin, Paridhi Athe, Pascal Rouxelin +4

The Nearly Autonomous Management and Control System (NAMAC) is a comprehensive control system that assists plant operations by furnishing control recommendations to operators in a…