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Main Authors: Bubel, Martin, Schmid, Jochen, Kozachynskyi, Volodymyr, Esche, Erik, Bortz, Michael
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09443
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author Bubel, Martin
Schmid, Jochen
Kozachynskyi, Volodymyr
Esche, Erik
Bortz, Michael
author_facet Bubel, Martin
Schmid, Jochen
Kozachynskyi, Volodymyr
Esche, Erik
Bortz, Michael
contents We propose a general methodology of sequential locally optimal design of experiments for explicit or implicit nonlinear models, as they abound in chemical engineering and, in particular, in vapor-liquid equilibrium modeling. As a sequential design method, our method iteratively alternates between performing experiments, updating parameter estimates, and computing new experiments. Specifically, our sequential design method computes a whole batch of new experiments in each iteration and this batch of new experiments is designed in a two-stage locally optimal manner. In essence, this means that in every iteration the combined information content of the newly proposed experiments and of the already performed experiments is maximized. In order to solve these two-stage locally optimal design problems, a recent and efficient adaptive discretization algorithm is used. We demonstrate the benefits of the proposed methodology on the example of of the parameter estimation for the non-random two-liquid model for narrow azeotropic vapor-liquid equilibria. As it turns out, our sequential optimal design method requires substantially fewer experiments than traditional factorial design to achieve the same model precision and prediction quality. Consequently, our method can contribute to a substantially reduced experimental effort in vapor-liquid equilibrium modeling and beyond.
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spellingShingle Sequential optimal experimental design for vapor-liquid equilibrium modeling
Bubel, Martin
Schmid, Jochen
Kozachynskyi, Volodymyr
Esche, Erik
Bortz, Michael
Optimization and Control
We propose a general methodology of sequential locally optimal design of experiments for explicit or implicit nonlinear models, as they abound in chemical engineering and, in particular, in vapor-liquid equilibrium modeling. As a sequential design method, our method iteratively alternates between performing experiments, updating parameter estimates, and computing new experiments. Specifically, our sequential design method computes a whole batch of new experiments in each iteration and this batch of new experiments is designed in a two-stage locally optimal manner. In essence, this means that in every iteration the combined information content of the newly proposed experiments and of the already performed experiments is maximized. In order to solve these two-stage locally optimal design problems, a recent and efficient adaptive discretization algorithm is used. We demonstrate the benefits of the proposed methodology on the example of of the parameter estimation for the non-random two-liquid model for narrow azeotropic vapor-liquid equilibria. As it turns out, our sequential optimal design method requires substantially fewer experiments than traditional factorial design to achieve the same model precision and prediction quality. Consequently, our method can contribute to a substantially reduced experimental effort in vapor-liquid equilibrium modeling and beyond.
title Sequential optimal experimental design for vapor-liquid equilibrium modeling
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.09443