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New Bayesian inference method tackles constrained inverse problems

Researchers have developed a novel method for Bayesian inference in inverse problems that are constrained by partial differential equations. This approach, detailed in a recent paper, samples the posterior distribution in a dual space using an augmented Lagrangian formulation. The method integrates the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) with Stein variational gradient descent (SVGD) to progressively enforce physical constraints, such as the wave equation in full waveform inversion (FWI). The technique has been validated on benchmark problems, including the Marmousi II dataset, demonstrating its ability to produce physically consistent uncertainty estimates. AI

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Ali Siahkoohi, Kamal Aghazade, Ali Gholami ·

    Dual-space posterior sampling for Bayesian inference in constrained inverse problems

    arXiv:2603.00393v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Inverse problems constrained by partial differential equations are often ill-conditioned due to noisy, incomplete data or inherent non-uniqueness. A prominent example is full waveform inversion (FWI), which estimates Earth…