Inverse Simulation - An Error Analysis

    Authors

    K. C. Lin;P. Lu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Simulation

    Keywords

    inverse simulation; error analysis; numerical procedure; Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications; Computer Science, ; Software Engineering

    Abstract

    This paper analyzes the numerical errors of two inverse simulation algorithms: differentiation inverse method and integration inverse method. The differential inverse method uses numerical differentiation as a key step, and the step size used for numerical differentiation directly impacts on the simulation results. This paper proposes a global error measure to evaluate the accuracy of the inverse simulation, instead of relying on the conventional local truncation errors. While the integration inverse method avoids numerical differentiation, it is pointed out that there is another numerical instability problem the integration inverse method may encounter when there are uncontrolled variables in the simulation. Examples are provided to facilitate the discussion.

    Journal Title

    Simulation

    Volume

    65

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-1995

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    385

    Last Page

    392

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:A1995TW53000002

    ISSN

    0037-5497

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