This paper is concerned with the numerical approximation of quantities of interest associated with solutions to parametric elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs). We consider a class of parametric elliptic PDEs where the underlying differential operator has affine dependence on a countably infinite number of uncertain parameters. We design a goal-oriented adaptive algorithm for approximating the functionals of solutions to this class of parametric PDEs. The algorithm applies to bounded linear goal functionals as well as to continuously G\^ateaux differentiable nonlinear functionals. In the algorithm, the approximations of parametric solutions to the primal and dual problems are computed using the multilevel stochastic Galerkin finite element method (SGFEM) and the adaptive refinement process is guided by reliable spatial and parametric error indicators that identify the dominant sources of error. We prove that the proposed algorithm generates multilevel SGFEM approximations for which the error estimates in the goal functional converge to zero. Furthermore, in the case of bounded linear goal functionals, we show that, under an appropriate saturation assumption, our goal-oriented adaptive strategy yields optimal convergence rates with respect to the overall dimension of the underlying multilevel approximations spaces.
翻译:本文所关注的是对等离子体部分偏差方程(PDEs)解决方案相关利息数量的数量近似值。 我们考虑的是一组参数椭圆形PDE,其中基础差分操作者依赖数量无限的不确定参数。 我们设计了一种面向目标的适应性算法,以近似于该类参数解决方案功能的功能。 算法适用于受约束的线性目标功能以及连续的G ⁇ ateaux可区分的非线性功能。 在算法中,对原始和双重问题的参数解决方案的近似值是使用多层相近性加热金有限要素法(SGFEM)来计算,而适应性改进进程则以可靠的空间和参数错误指标为指导,确定主要的误差源。我们证明,拟议的算法产生了多级SGFEM近似值,其目标功能的误估值接近于零。 此外,在受约束线性目标的功能方面,我们表明,在适当的饱和假设下,我们的目标导向的适应战略基础空间与总体层面形成最佳趋近率。