Numerical approximation of a PDE-constrained Optimization problem that appears in Data-Driven Computational MechanicsPedro B. Bazon, Cristian G. Gebhardt, Gustavo C. Buscaglia, Roberto F. Ausashttps://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10894
Numerical approximation of a PDE-constrained Optimization problem that appears in Data-Driven Computational MechanicsWe investigate an optimization problem that arises when working within the paradigm of Data-Driven Computational Mechanics. In the context of the diffusion-reaction problem, such an optimization problem seeks for the continuous primal fields (gradient and flux) that are closest to some predefined discrete fields taken from a material data set. The optimization is performed over primal fields that satisfy the physical conservation law and the geometrical compatibility. We consider a reaction ter…