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Inverse Uncertainty Quantification by Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling and Application in Nuclear System Thermal-Hydraulics Codes (2305.16622v3)

Published 26 May 2023 in stat.CO and physics.data-an

Abstract: Inverse Uncertainty Quantification (IUQ) method has been widely used to quantify the uncertainty of Physical Model Parameters (PMPs) in nuclear Thermal Hydraulics (TH) systems. This paper introduces a novel hierarchical Bayesian model which aims to mitigate two existing challenges in IUQ: the high variability of PMPs under varying experimental conditions, and unknown model discrepancies or outliers causing over-fitting issues. The proposed hierarchical model is compared with the conventional single-level Bayesian model using TRACE code and the measured void fraction data in the BFBT benchmark. A Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Method - No U-Turn Sampler (NUTS) is used for posterior sampling. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed hierarchical model in providing better estimates of the posterior distributions of PMPs and being less prone to over-fitting. The proposed method also demonstrates a promising approach for generalizing IUQ to larger databases with broad ranges of experimental conditions.

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