Title
Optimization of computationally expensive simulations with Gaussian processes and parameter uncertainty: Application to cardiovascular surgery
Abstract
In many applications of simulation-based optimization, the random output variable whose expectation is being optimized is a deterministic function of a low-dimensional random vector. This deterministic function is often expensive to compute, making simulation-based optimization difficult. Motivated by an application in the design of bypass grafts for cardiovascular surgery with uncertainty about input parameters, we use Bayesian methods to design an algorithm that exploits this random vector's low-dimensionality to improve performance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/Allerton.2012.6483247
Allerton Conference
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
optimisation,random output variable,random processes,bayesian method,bayes methods,cardiovascular system,gaussian process,deterministic function,gaussian processes,parameter uncertainty,low-dimensional random vector,bypass graft,simulation-based optimization,cardiovascular surgery,surgery
Conference
2474-0195
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4673-4537-8
4
0.51
References 
Authors
6
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jing Xie1251.69
Peter I. Frazier260646.34
Sethuraman Sankaran3162.46
Alison Marsden4528.83
Saleh Elmohamed540.51