Learning-Based Importance Sampling via Stochastic Optimal Control for Stochastic Reaction Networks
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| author | Hammouda, Chiheb Ben Rached, Nadhir Ben Tempone, Raúl Wiechert, Sophia |
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| contents | We explore efficient estimation of statistical quantities, particularly rare event probabilities, for stochastic reaction networks. Consequently, we propose an importance sampling (IS) approach to improve the Monte Carlo (MC) estimator efficiency based on an approximate tau-leap scheme. The crucial step in the IS framework is choosing an appropriate change of probability measure to achieve substantial variance reduction. This task is typically challenging and often requires insights into the underlying problem. Therefore, we propose an automated approach to obtain a highly efficient path-dependent measure change based on an original connection in the stochastic reaction network context between finding optimal IS parameters within a class of probability measures and a stochastic optimal control formulation. Optimal IS parameters are obtained by solving a variance minimization problem. First, we derive an associated dynamic programming equation. Analytically solving this backward equation is challenging, hence we propose an approximate dynamic programming formulation to find near-optimal control parameters. To mitigate the curse of dimensionality, we propose a learning-based method to approximate the value function using a neural network, where the parameters are determined via a stochastic optimization algorithm. Our analysis and numerical experiments verify that the proposed learning-based IS approach substantially reduces MC estimator variance, resulting in a lower computational complexity in the rare event regime, compared with standard tau-leap MC estimators. |
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| spellingShingle | Learning-Based Importance Sampling via Stochastic Optimal Control for Stochastic Reaction Networks Hammouda, Chiheb Ben Rached, Nadhir Ben Tempone, Raúl Wiechert, Sophia Numerical Analysis Optimization and Control Quantitative Methods Computation 60H35, 60J75, 65C05, 93E20 We explore efficient estimation of statistical quantities, particularly rare event probabilities, for stochastic reaction networks. Consequently, we propose an importance sampling (IS) approach to improve the Monte Carlo (MC) estimator efficiency based on an approximate tau-leap scheme. The crucial step in the IS framework is choosing an appropriate change of probability measure to achieve substantial variance reduction. This task is typically challenging and often requires insights into the underlying problem. Therefore, we propose an automated approach to obtain a highly efficient path-dependent measure change based on an original connection in the stochastic reaction network context between finding optimal IS parameters within a class of probability measures and a stochastic optimal control formulation. Optimal IS parameters are obtained by solving a variance minimization problem. First, we derive an associated dynamic programming equation. Analytically solving this backward equation is challenging, hence we propose an approximate dynamic programming formulation to find near-optimal control parameters. To mitigate the curse of dimensionality, we propose a learning-based method to approximate the value function using a neural network, where the parameters are determined via a stochastic optimization algorithm. Our analysis and numerical experiments verify that the proposed learning-based IS approach substantially reduces MC estimator variance, resulting in a lower computational complexity in the rare event regime, compared with standard tau-leap MC estimators. |
| title | Learning-Based Importance Sampling via Stochastic Optimal Control for Stochastic Reaction Networks |
| topic | Numerical Analysis Optimization and Control Quantitative Methods Computation 60H35, 60J75, 65C05, 93E20 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.14335 |