Benjamin Unger

ORCID: 0000-0003-4272-1079
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Research Areas
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Numerical methods for differential equations
  • Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering
  • Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design
  • Real-time simulation and control systems
  • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
  • Control Systems and Identification
  • Modeling and Simulation Systems
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Differential Equations and Numerical Methods
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Neural Networks and Applications
  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
  • Law and Political Science

University of Stuttgart
2019-2025

Simulation Technologies (United States)
2019-2024

Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
2021

Technische Universität Berlin
2016-2021

Instituto Benjamin Constant
2021

We discuss the modelling framework of port-Hamiltonian descriptor systems and their use in numerical simulation control. The structure is ideal for automated network-based since it invariant under power-conserving interconnection, congruence transformations Galerkin projection. Moreover, stability passivity properties are easily shown. Condensed forms orthogonal present easy analysis tools existence, uniqueness, regularity methods to check these properties. After recalling concepts general...

10.1017/s0962492922000083 article EN Acta Numerica 2023-05-01

We discuss nonlinear model predictive control (MPC) for multi-body dynamics via physics-informed machine learning methods. In more detail, we use a neural networks (PINNs)-based MPC to solve tracking problem complex mechanical system, multi-link manipulator. PINNs are promising tool approximate (partial) differential equations but not suited tasks in their original form since they designed handle variable actions or initial values. thus follow the strategy of Antonelo et al....

10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.09.117 article EN IFAC-PapersOnLine 2022-01-01

10.1016/j.laa.2017.09.030 article EN publisher-specific-oa Linear Algebra and its Applications 2017-09-29

.We present a novel physics-informed system identification method to construct passive linear time-invariant system. In more detail, for given quadratic energy functional, measurements of the input, state, and output in time domain, we find realization that approximates data well while guaranteeing functional satisfies dissipation inequality. To this end, use framework port-Hamiltonian (pH) systems modify dynamic mode decomposition, respectively, operator inference, be feasible...

10.1137/22m149329x article EN SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 2023-07-11

In this paper, we consider model order reduction (MOR) methods for problems with slowly decaying Kolmogorov $n$-widths as, e.g., certain wave-like or transport-dominated problems. To overcome barrier within MOR, nonlinear projections are used, which often realized numerically using autoencoders. These autoencoders generally consist of a encoder and decoder involve costly training the hyperparameters to obtain good approximation quality reduced system. facilitate process, show that extending...

10.48550/arxiv.2501.03853 preprint EN arXiv (Cornell University) 2025-01-07

We present a novel passivity enforcement (passivation) method, called KLAP, for linear time-invariant systems based on the Kalman-Yakubovich-Popov (KYP) lemma and closely related Lur'e equations. The passivation problem in our framework corresponds to finding perturbation given non-passive system that renders passive while minimizing $\mathcal{H}_2$ or frequency-weighted distance between original resulting system. show this can be formulated as an unconstrained optimization whose objective...

10.48550/arxiv.2501.05178 preprint EN arXiv (Cornell University) 2025-01-09

In sequential multiscale molecular dynamics simulations, which advantageously combine the increased sampling and at coarse-grained resolution with higher accuracy of atomistic is altered over time. While coarse-graining straightforward once mapping between defined, reintroducing details still a non-trivial process called backmapping. Here, we present ART-SM, fragment-based backmapping framework that learns from simulation data to seamlessly switch resolution. ART-SM requires minimal user...

10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-mcv45-v2 preprint EN cc-by-nc-nd 2025-01-31

In sequential multiscale molecular dynamics simulations, which advantageously combine the increased sampling and at coarse-grained resolution with higher accuracy of atomistic is altered over time. While coarse-graining straightforward once mapping between defined, reintroducing details still a nontrivial process called backmapping. Here, we present ART-SM, fragment-based backmapping framework that learns from simulation data to seamlessly switch resolution. ART-SM requires minimal user...

10.1021/acs.jctc.5c00189 article EN Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 2025-04-04

10.1016/j.sysconle.2016.09.007 article EN Systems & Control Letters 2016-10-05

Abstract We introduce a semi-explicit time-stepping scheme of second order for linear poroelasticity satisfying weak coupling condition. Here, means that the system, which needs to be solved in each step, decouples and hence improves computational efficiency. The construction convergence proof are based on connection differential equation with two time delays, namely one times step size. Numerical experiments confirm theoretical results indicate applicability higher-order schemes.

10.1007/s10543-024-01021-0 article EN cc-by BIT Numerical Mathematics 2024-04-07

We investigate an energy-based formulation of the two-field poroelasticity model and related multiple-network as they appear in geosciences or medical applications. propose a port-Hamiltonian system equations, which is beneficial for preserving important properties after discretization model-order reduction. For this, we include commonly omitted second-order term consider corresponding first-order formulation. The quasi-static case then obtained by (formally) setting zero. Further, interpret...

10.1080/13873954.2021.1975137 article EN cc-by Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems 2021-01-02

We propose a new model reduction framework for problems that exhibit transport phenomena. As in the moving finite element method (MFEM), our employs time-dependent transformation operators and, especially, generalizes MFEM to arbitrary basis functions. The is suitable obtain low-dimensional approximation with small errors even situations where classical order techniques require much higher dimensions similar quality. Analogously framework, reduced designed minimize residual, which also an...

10.1051/m2an/2020046 article EN ESAIM Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis 2020-08-20

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) are one popular approach to incorporate a priori knowledge about physical systems into the learning framework. PINNs known be robust for smaller training sets, derive better generalization problems, and faster train. In this paper, we show that using in comparison with purely data-driven is not only favorable performance but allows us extract significant information on quality of approximated solution. Assuming underlying differential equation PINN an...

10.1109/ijcnn55064.2022.9892569 article EN 2022 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) 2022-07-18

We prove first-order convergence of the semi-explicit Euler scheme combined with a finite element discretization in space for elliptic-parabolic problems which are weakly coupled. This setting includes poroelasticity, thermoelasticity, as well multiple-network models used medical applications. The approach decouples system such that each time step requires solution two small and well-structured linear systems rather than one large system. decoupling improves computational efficiency without...

10.1090/mcom/3608 article EN publisher-specific-oa Mathematics of Computation 2020-10-21

The propagation of primary discontinuities in initial value problems for linear delay differential-algebraic equations (DDAEs) is discussed. Based on the (quasi-) Weierstra{\ss} form regular matrix pencil, a complete characterization different types given and algebraic criteria terms matrices are developed. analysis, which based method steps, takes into account all possible inhomogeneities history functions thus serves as worst-case scenario. Moreover, it reveals hidden delays DDAE. new...

10.13001/1081-3810.3759 article EN Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra 2018-02-21

10.1007/s10444-019-09701-0 article EN Advances in Computational Mathematics 2019-05-14

We propose a new hyper-reduction method for recently introduced nonlinear model reduction framework based on dynamically transformed basis functions and especially well-suited transport-dominated systems. Furthermore, we discuss applying this to wildland fire whose dynamics feature traveling combustion waves local ignition is thus challenging classical schemes linear subspaces. The allows us construct parameter-dependent reduced-order models (ROMs) with efficient offline/online...

10.3390/fluids6080280 article EN cc-by Fluids 2021-08-11

Using nonlinear projections and preserving structure in model order reduction (MOR) are currently active research fields. In this paper, we provide a novel differential geometric framework for on smooth manifolds, which emphasizes the nature of objects involved. The crucial ingredient is construction an embedding low-dimensional submanifold compatible map, discuss several options. Our general allows capturing generalizing existing MOR techniques, such as preservation Lagrangian- or...

10.1016/j.physd.2024.134299 article EN cc-by Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena 2024-07-25

We study linear time-invariant delay differential-algebraic equations (DDAEs). Such can arise if a feedback controller is applied to descriptor system and the requires some time measure state compute resulting in time-delay. present an existence uniqueness result for DDAEs within space of piecewise-smooth distributions algorithm determine whether DDAE delay-regular.

10.1109/cdc40024.2019.9030146 article EN 2019-12-01

We introduce a novel model order reduction method for large-scale linear switched systems (LSS) where the coefficient matrices are affected by low-rank switching. The key idea is to replace LSS non-switched system with extended input and output vectors - called envelope which able reproduce dynamical behavior of original applying certain feedback law. can be reduced using standard schemes then transformed back an LSS. Furthermore, we present upper bound error reduced-order show how preserve...

10.1137/18m1167887 article EN SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 2018-01-01

Abstract We present a graph-theoretical approach that can detect which equations of delay differential-algebraic equation (DDAE) need to be differentiated or shifted construct solution the DDAE. Our exploits observation differentiation and shifting are very similar from structural point view, allows us generalize Pantelides algorithm for DDAE setting. The primary tool extension is introduction equivalence classes in graph DDAE, also derive necessary sufficient criterion termination new algorithm.

10.1093/imatrm/tnaa003 article EN cc-by Transactions of Mathematics and Its Applications 2020-04-01

Abstract Within the time integration of linear elliptic‐parabolic problems such as poroelasticity, large systems have to be solved in every step. With a semi‐explicit approach, these decouple, leading remarkable speed‐up. This paper indicates that this idea can also applied nonlinear poroelasticity with permeability. To see this, we consider related toy problem.

10.1002/pamm.202000061 article EN cc-by-nc PAMM 2021-01-01
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