5 papers
Environmental policy in the context of complex systems: Statistical optimization and sensitivity analysis for ABMs
Dylan Munson, Arijit Dey, Simon Mak
Coupled human-environment systems are increasingly being understood as complex adaptive systems (CAS), in which micro-level interactions between components lead to emergent behavio…
Efficient optimization of expensive black-box simulators via marginal means, with application to neutrino detector design
Hwanwoo Kim, Simon Mak, Ann-Kathrin Schuetz +1
With advances in scientific computing, computer experiments are increasingly used for optimizing complex systems. However, for modern applications, e.g., the optimization of nuclea…
Robust designs for Gaussian process emulation of computer experiments
Simon Mak, V. Roshan Joseph
We study in this paper two classes of experimental designs, support points and projected support points, which can provide robust and effective emulation of computer experiments wi…
BLAST: Bayesian online change-point detection with structured image data
Xiaojun Zheng, Simon Mak
The prompt online detection of abrupt changes in image data is essential for timely decision-making in broad applications, from video surveillance to manufacturing quality control.…
QuIP: Experimental design for expensive simulators with many Qualitative factors via Integer Programming
Yen-Chun Liu, Simon Mak
The need to explore and/or optimize expensive simulators with many qualitative factors arises in broad scientific and engineering problems. Our motivating application lies in path…