1Blurb:: Sample allocation based on greedy refinement within multifidelity polynomial chaos
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3Description::
4Multifidelity polynomial chaos supports greedy
5refinement strategies, spanning regression and projection approaches
6for computing expansion coefficients.  The key idea is that each level
7of the model hierarchy being approximated can generate one or more
8candidates for refinement.  These candidates are competed against each
9other within a unified competition, and the candidate that induces the
10largest change in the statistical QoI (response covariance by default,
11or results of any \f$z/p/\beta/\beta^*\f$ level mappings when specified),
12normalized by relative cost of evaluating the candidate, is selected
13and then used to generate additional candidates for consideration at
14its model level.
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16Topics::
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18Examples::
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20The following example of greedy multifidelity regression starts from a
21zeroth-order reference expansion (a constant) for each level, and
22generates candidate refinements for each level that are competed in an
23integrated greedy competition.  The number of new samples for the
24incremented candidate expansion order is determined from the collocation
25ratio.  In this case, the number of candidates for each level is limited
26to one uniform refinement of the current expansion order.
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28\verbatim
29method,
30	model_pointer = 'HIERARCH'
31	multifidelity_polynomial_chaos
32	  allocation_control greedy
33	  p_refinement uniform
34	    expansion_order_sequence = 0
35	    collocation_ratio = .9  seed = 160415
36	    orthogonal_matching_pursuit
37	    convergence_tolerance 1.e-2
38\endverbatim
39
40The next example employs generalized sparse grids within a greedy
41multifidelity competition.  Each modeling level starts from a level 0
42reference grid (a single point) and generates multiple admissible
43index set candidates.  The full set of candidates across all model
44levels is competed within an integrated greedy competition, where the
45greedy selection metric is the induced change in the statistical QoI,
46normalized by the aggregate simulation cost of the index set
47candidate.  In this case, there are multiple candidates for each model
48level and the number of candidates grows rapidly with random dimension
49and grid level.
50
51\verbatim
52method,
53	model_pointer = 'HIERARCH'
54	multifidelity_polynomial_chaos
55	  allocation_control greedy
56	  p_refinement dimension_adaptive generalized
57	    sparse_grid_level_sequence = 0 unrestricted
58	    convergence_tolerance 1.e-8
59\endverbatim
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