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Multivariate emulation of computer simulators: model selection and diagnostics with application to a humanitarian relief model

Multivariate emulation of computer simulators: model selection and diagnostics with application to a humanitarian relief model
Multivariate emulation of computer simulators: model selection and diagnostics with application to a humanitarian relief model
We present a common framework for Bayesian emulation methodologies for multivariate output simulators, or computer models, that employ either parametric linear models or non-parametric Gaussian processes. Novel diagnostics suitable for multivariate covariance separable emulators are developed and techniques to improve the adequacy of an emulator are discussed and implemented. A variety of emulators are compared for a humanitarian relief simulator, modelling aid missions to Sicily after a volcanic eruption and earthquake, and a sensitivity analysis is conducted to determine the sensitivity of the simulator output to changes in the input variables. The results from parametric and non-parametric emulators are compared in terms of prediction accuracy, uncertainty quantification and scientific interpretability.
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483-505
Overstall, Antony
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Woods, Dave
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Overstall, Antony
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Woods, Dave
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Overstall, Antony and Woods, Dave (2016) Multivariate emulation of computer simulators: model selection and diagnostics with application to a humanitarian relief model. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics, 65 (4), 483-505. (doi:10.1111/rssc.12141).

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We present a common framework for Bayesian emulation methodologies for multivariate output simulators, or computer models, that employ either parametric linear models or non-parametric Gaussian processes. Novel diagnostics suitable for multivariate covariance separable emulators are developed and techniques to improve the adequacy of an emulator are discussed and implemented. A variety of emulators are compared for a humanitarian relief simulator, modelling aid missions to Sicily after a volcanic eruption and earthquake, and a sensitivity analysis is conducted to determine the sensitivity of the simulator output to changes in the input variables. The results from parametric and non-parametric emulators are compared in terms of prediction accuracy, uncertainty quantification and scientific interpretability.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 1 March 2016
Published date: August 2016
Organisations: Statistics

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Local EPrints ID: 401178
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/401178
ISSN: 0035-9254
PURE UUID: dc8c5ece-e20a-449e-87a5-99231d6aaf53
ORCID for Antony Overstall: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0638-8635
ORCID for Dave Woods: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7648-429X

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Date deposited: 05 Oct 2016 14:23
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:27

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