surrogate_based_uq

Generic UQ method for constructing and interrogating a surrogate model.

Specification

• Alias: None

• Arguments: None

Child Keywords:

Required/Optional	Description of Group	Dakota Keyword	Dakota Keyword Description
Optional		samples_on_emulator	Number of samples at which to evaluate an emulator (surrogate)
Optional		sample_type	Selection of sampling strategy
Optional		rng	Selection of a random number generator
Optional		probability_refinement	Allow refinement of probability and generalized reliability results using importance sampling
Optional		final_moments	Output moments of the specified type and include them within the set of final statistics.
Optional		response_levels	Values at which to estimate desired statistics for each response
Optional		probability_levels	Specify probability levels at which to estimate the corresponding response value
Optional		reliability_levels	Specify reliability levels at which the response values will be estimated
Optional		gen_reliability_levels	Specify generalized relability levels at which to estimate the corresponding response value
Optional		distribution	Selection of cumulative or complementary cumulative functions
Optional		variance_based_decomp	Activates global sensitivity analysis based on decomposition of response variance into main, interaction, and total effects
Optional (Choose One)	Covariance Type	diagonal_covariance	Display only the diagonal terms of the covariance matrix
		full_covariance	Display the full covariance matrix
Optional		import_approx_points_file	Filename for points at which to evaluate the PCE/SC surrogate
Optional		export_approx_points_file	Output file for surrogate model value evaluations
Optional		seed	Seed of the random number generator
Optional		fixed_seed	Reuses the same seed value for multiple random sampling sets
Optional		model_pointer	Identifier for model block to be used by a method

Description

As surrogate models by stochastic expansion migrate into the model specification, this method provides a general-purpose UQ method to interrogate the surrogate for generating statistics.

This method must identify the surrogate of interest through its model_pointer, distinguishing it from fully-integrated method specifications such as method-polynomial_chaos, method-stoch_collocation, and method-function_train that couple directly with a simulation model (and form the PCE, SC, FT surrogate approximations implicitly prior to using them for generating statistics).