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Approximation of Spatio-Temporal Random Processes Using Tensor Decomposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2015

Debraj Ghosh  and
Anup Suryawanshi
Debraj Ghosh*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
Anup Suryawanshi*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
*
Corresponding author.Email:dghosh@civil.iisc.ernet.in, debrajghosh@gmail.com
Email:suryawanshianup@gmail.com
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Abstract

A new representation of spatio-temporal random processes is proposed in this work. In practical applications, such processes are used to model velocity fields, temperature distributions, response of vibrating systems, to name a few. Finding an efficient representation for any random process leads to encapsulation of information which makes it more convenient for a practical implementations, for instance, in a computational mechanics problem. For a single-parameter process such as spatial or temporal process, the eigenvalue decomposition of the covariance matrix leads to the well-known Karhunen-Loève (KL) decomposition. However, for multiparameter processes such as a spatio-temporal process, the covariance function itself can be defined in multiple ways. Here the process is assumed to be measured at a finite set of spatial locations and a finite number of time instants. Then the spatial covariance matrix at different time instants are considered to define the covariance of the process. This set of square, symmetric, positive semi-definite matrices is then represented as a third-order tensor. A suitable decomposition of this tensor can identify the dominant components of the process, and these components are then used to define a closed-form representation of the process. The procedure is analogous to the KL decomposition for a single-parameter process, however, the decompositions and interpretations vary significantly. The tensor decompositions are successfully applied on (i) a heat conduction problem, (ii) a vibration problem, and (iii) a covariance function taken from the literature that was fitted to model a measured wind velocity data. It is observed that the proposed representation provides an efficient approximation to some processes. Furthermore, a comparison with KL decomposition showed that the proposed method is computationally cheaper than the KL, both in terms of computer memory and execution time.

Keywords

60G1265F9965D15Random processspatio-temporal processtensor decompositionuncertainty quantificationprobabilistic mechanics.

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Communications in Computational Physics , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , July 2014 , pp. 75 - 95
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Copyright © Global Science Press Limited 2014

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