Bayesian parameter inference with stochastic solar dynamo models

Ulzega, Simone; Albert, Carlo

Publication type:	Conference other
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Title:	Bayesian parameter inference with stochastic solar dynamo models
Authors:	Ulzega, Simone Albert, Carlo
Conference details:	NDES 2018, 26th Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems Conference, Acireale, Italy, June, 11-13 2018
Issue Date:	12-Jun-2018
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	003: Systems 510: Mathematics
Abstract:	In essentially all applied sciences, data-driven modeling heavily relies on a sound calibration of model parameters to measured data for making probabilistic predictions. Bayesian statistics is a consistent framework for parameter inference where knowledge about model parameters is expressed through probability distributions and updated using measured data. However, Bayesian inference with non-trivial stochastic models can become computationally extremely expensive and it is therefore hardly ever applied. In recent years, sophisticated and scalable algorithms have emerged, which have the potential of making Bayesian inference for complex stochastic models feasible, even for very large data sets. We present here the power of both Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) and Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) algorithms through a case study in solar physics. Time-series of cosmogenic radionuclides in wood and polar ice cores are a proxy for solar activity on multi-millennial time-scales and exhibit a number of interesting and mostly not-yet-understood features such as stable cycles, Grand Minima and intermittency. Solar physicists have put a lot of effort into the development of stochastic solar dynamo models, which need to be calibrated to the observations. Parameter inference for stochastic dynamo models on long time-series of radionuclides is an open and highly topical question in solar physics. Achieving more reliable predictions of solar activity has important implications for the Earth’s climate.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/7748
Fulltext version:	Published version
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Departement:	Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Computational Life Sciences (ICLS)
Published as part of the ZHAW project:	BISTOM - Bayesian Infefence with Stochastic Models
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Ulzega, S., & Albert, C. (2018, June 12). Bayesian parameter inference with stochastic solar dynamo models. NDES 2018, 26th Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems Conference, Acireale, Italy, June, 11-13 2018.

Ulzega, S. and Albert, C. (2018) ‘Bayesian parameter inference with stochastic solar dynamo models’, in NDES 2018, 26th Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems Conference, Acireale, Italy, June, 11-13 2018.

S. Ulzega and C. Albert, “Bayesian parameter inference with stochastic solar dynamo models,” in NDES 2018, 26th Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems Conference, Acireale, Italy, June, 11-13 2018, Jun. 2018.

ULZEGA, Simone und Carlo ALBERT, 2018. Bayesian parameter inference with stochastic solar dynamo models. In: NDES 2018, 26th Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems Conference, Acireale, Italy, June, 11-13 2018. Conference presentation. 12 Juni 2018

Ulzega, Simone, and Carlo Albert. 2018. “Bayesian Parameter Inference with Stochastic Solar Dynamo Models.” Conference presentation. In NDES 2018, 26th Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems Conference, Acireale, Italy, June, 11-13 2018.

Ulzega, Simone, and Carlo Albert. “Bayesian Parameter Inference with Stochastic Solar Dynamo Models.” NDES 2018, 26th Nonlinear Dynamics of Electronic Systems Conference, Acireale, Italy, June, 11-13 2018, 2018.