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    A Flexible Generalized Conjugate Residual Method with Inner Orthogonalization and Deflated Restarting

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    International audienceThis work is concerned with the development and study of a minimum residual norm subspace method based on the generalized conjugate residual method with inner orthogonalization (GCRO) method that allows flexible preconditioning and deflated restarting for the solution of non-symmetric or non-Hermitian linear systems. First we recall the main features of flexible generalized minimum residual with deflated restarting (FGMRES-DR), a recently proposed algorithm of the same family but based on the GMRES method. Next we introduce the new inner-outer subspace method named FGCRO-DR. A theoretical comparison of both algorithms is then made in the case of flexible preconditioning. It is proved that FGCRO-DR and FGMRES-DR are algebraically equivalent if a collinearity condition is satisfied. While being nearly as expensive as FGMRES-DR in terms of computational operations per cycle, FGCRO-DR offers the additional advantage to be suitable for the solution of sequences of slowly changing linear systems (where both the matrix and right-hand side can change) through subspace recycling. Numerical experiments on the solution of multidimensional elliptic partial differential equations show the efficiency of FGCRO-DR when solving sequences of linear systems

    Deflation and augmentation techniques in Krylov linear solvers

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    Preliminary version of the book chapter entitled "Deflation and augmentation techniques in Krylov linear solvers" published in "Developments in Parallel, Distributed, Grid and Cloud Computing for Engineering", ed. Topping, B.H.V and Ivanyi, P., Saxe-Coburg Publications, Kippen, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom, ISBN 978-1-874672-62-3, p. 249-275, 2013In this paper we present deflation and augmentation techniques that have been designed to accelerate the convergence of Krylov subspace methods for the solution of linear systems of equations. We review numerical approaches both for linear systems with a non-Hermitian coefficient matrix, mainly within the Arnoldi framework, and for Hermitian positive definite problems with the conjugate gradient method.Dans ce rapport nous présentons des techniques de déflation et d'augmentation qui ont été développées pour accélérer la convergence des méthodes de Krylov pour la solution de systémes d'équations linéaires. Nous passons en revue des approches pour des systémes linéaires dont les matrices sont non-hermitiennes, principalement dans le contexte de la méthode d'Arnoldi, et pour des matrices hermitiennes définies positives avec la méthode du gradient conjugué

    Recyclage de Sous-Espaces de Krylov et Troncature de Sous-Espaces de Déflation pour Résoudre Séquence de SystÚmes Linéaires

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    This paper presents deflation strategies related to recycling Krylov subspace methods for solving one or a sequence of linear systems of equations. Besides well-known strategies of deflation, Ritz- and harmonic Ritz-based deflation, we introduce an SVD-based deflation technique. We consider the recycling in two contexts, recycling the Krylov subspace between the cycles of restarts and recycling a deflation subspace when the matrix changes in a sequence of linear systems. Numerical experiments on real-life reservoir simulations demonstrate the impact of our proposed strategy.Ce papier prĂ©sente plusieures stratĂ©gies de dĂ©flation liĂ©es aux mĂ©thodes de recyclage de sous-espaces de Krylov pour rĂ©soudre une sĂ©quence de systĂšmes linĂ©aires. À cĂŽtĂ© de stratĂ©gies de dĂ©flation trĂšs connues qui sont basĂ©es sur la dĂ©flation des vecteurs de Ritz et Ritz harmonique, on introduit une technique de dĂ©flation basĂ©e sur la dĂ©composition en valeurs singuliĂšres. On considĂšre deux contextes du recyclage, le recyclage de l’espace de Krylov entre les cycles de resart et le recylcage de l’espaces de dĂ©flation quand la matrice change dans la sĂ©quence. L’efficacitĂ© de la mĂ©thode proposĂ©e est Ă©tudiĂ©e sur des sĂ©quence de systĂšmes linĂ©aires issues de la modĂ©lisation de rĂ©servoirs

    A study on block flexible iterative solvers with applications to Earth imaging problem in geophysics

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    Les travaux de ce doctorat concernent le dĂ©veloppement de mĂ©thodes itĂ©ratives pour la rĂ©solution de systĂšmes linĂ©aires creux de grande taille comportant de nombreux seconds membres. L’application visĂ©e est la rĂ©solution d’un problĂšme inverse en gĂ©ophysique visant Ă  reconstruire la vitesse de propagation des ondes dans le sous-sol terrestre. Lorsque de nombreuses sources Ă©mettrices sont utilisĂ©es, ce problĂšme inverse nĂ©cessite la rĂ©solution de systĂšmes linĂ©aires complexes non symĂ©triques non hermitiens comportant des milliers de seconds membres. Dans le cas tridimensionnel ces systĂšmes linĂ©aires sont reconnus comme difficiles Ă  rĂ©soudre plus particuliĂšrement lorsque des frĂ©quences Ă©levĂ©es sont considĂ©rĂ©es. Le principal objectif de cette thĂšse est donc d’étendre les dĂ©veloppements existants concernant les mĂ©thodes de Krylov par bloc. Nous Ă©tudions plus particuliĂšrement les techniques de dĂ©flation dans le cas multiples seconds membres et recyclage de sous-espace dans le cas simple second membre. Des gains substantiels sont obtenus en terme de temps de calcul par rapport aux mĂ©thodes existantes sur des applications rĂ©alistes dans un environnement parallĂšle distribuĂ©. ABSTRACT : This PhD thesis concerns the development of flexible Krylov subspace iterative solvers for the solution of large sparse linear systems of equations with multiple right-hand sides. Our target application is the solution of the acoustic full waveform inversion problem in geophysics associated with the phenomena of wave propagation through an heterogeneous model simulating the subsurface of Earth. When multiple wave sources are being used, this problem gives raise to large sparse complex non-Hermitian and nonsymmetric linear systems with thousands of right-hand sides. Specially in the three-dimensional case and at high frequencies, this problem is known to be difficult. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a flexible block Krylov iterative method which extends and improves techniques already available in the current literature to the multiple right-hand sides scenario. We exploit the relations between each right-hand side to accelerate the convergence of the overall iterative method. We study both block deflation and single right-hand side subspace recycling techniques obtaining substantial gains in terms of computational time when compared to other strategies published in the literature, on realistic applications performed in a parallel environment

    Globally convergent evolution strategies with application to Earth imaging problem in geophysics

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    Au cours des derniĂšres annĂ©es, s’est dĂ©veloppĂ© un intĂ©rĂȘt tout particulier pour l’optimisation sans dĂ©rivĂ©e. Ce domaine de recherche se divise en deux catĂ©gories: une dĂ©terministe et l’autre stochastique. Bien qu’il s’agisse du mĂȘme domaine, peu de liens ont dĂ©jĂ  Ă©tĂ© Ă©tablis entre ces deux branches. Cette thĂšse a pour objectif de combler cette lacune, en montrant comment les techniques issues de l’optimisation dĂ©terministe peuvent amĂ©liorer la performance des stratĂ©gies Ă©volutionnaires, qui font partie des meilleures mĂ©thodes en optimisation stochastique. Sous certaines hypothĂšses, les modifications rĂ©alisĂ©es assurent une forme de convergence globale, c’est-Ă -dire une convergence vers un point stationnaire de premier ordre indĂ©pendamment du point de dĂ©part choisi. On propose ensuite d’adapter notre algorithme afin qu’il puisse traiter des problĂšmes avec des contraintes gĂ©nĂ©rales. On montrera Ă©galement comment amĂ©liorer les performances numĂ©riques des stratĂ©gies Ă©volutionnaires en incorporant un pas de recherche au dĂ©but de chaque itĂ©ration, dans laquelle on construira alors un modĂšle quadratique utilisant les points oĂč la fonction coĂ»t a dĂ©jĂ  Ă©tĂ© Ă©valuĂ©e. GrĂące aux rĂ©cents progrĂšs techniques dans le domaine du calcul parallĂšle, et Ă  la nature parallĂ©lisable des stratĂ©gies Ă©volutionnaires, on propose d’appliquer notre algorithme pour rĂ©soudre un problĂšme inverse d’imagerie sismique. Les rĂ©sultats obtenus ont permis d’amĂ©liorer la rĂ©solution de ce problĂšme. ABSTRACT : In recent years, there has been significant and growing interest in Derivative-Free Optimization (DFO). This field can be divided into two categories: deterministic and stochastic. Despite addressing the same problem domain, only few interactions between the two DFO categories were established in the existing literature. In this thesis, we attempt to bridge this gap by showing how ideas from deterministic DFO can improve the efficiency and the rigorousness of one of the most successful class of stochastic algorithms, known as Evolution Strategies (ES’s). We propose to equip a class of ES’s with known techniques from deterministic DFO. The modified ES’s achieve rigorously a form of global convergence under reasonable assumptions. By global convergence, we mean convergence to first-order stationary points independently of the starting point. The modified ES’s are extended to handle general constrained optimization problems. Furthermore, we show how to significantly improve the numerical performance of ES’s by incorporating a search step at the beginning of each iteration. In this step, we build a quadratic model using the points where the objective function has been previously evaluated. Motivated by the recent growth of high performance computing resources and the parallel nature of ES’s, an application of our modified ES’s to Earth imaging Geophysics problem is proposed. The obtained results provide a great improvement for the problem resolution
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