@misc{TernesBauerBraueretal.2023, author = {Ternes, Thomas and Bauer, Karl-Heinz and Brauer, Frank and Drewes, J{\"u}rgen and Jewell, Kevin and Joss, Adriano and Oehlmann, J{\"o}rg and Radtke, Michael and Schulte-Oehlmann, Ulrike and Schwartz, Thomas and Seel, Peter and V{\"o}lker, Jeanette and Weber, Lilo and Weber, Marcus}, title = {Handlungsempfehlung zur integrativen Bewertung der weitergehenden Abwasserbehandlung von kommunalen Kl{\"a}ranlagen}, volume = {T1/2023}, journal = {DWA-Themen}, publisher = {DWA}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Der DWA-Themenband beschreibt ein Konzept zur weitergehenden Abwasserbehandlung f{\"u}r die Bewertung von Aufbereitungsverfahren, sowohl in einer Pilotphase zur Auswahl von Verfahrensoptionen als auch f{\"u}r die Bewertung großtechnischer Anlagen. Emissionsseitig basiert das Konzept auf bereits regulatorisch definierten Parametern wie anorganischen Stickstoff-Verbindungen oder Phosphat sowie auf neuen noch nicht in der Abwasserverordnung regulierten Parametern. Die immissionsseitige Betrachtung erfolgt auf Basis der rechtlich durch die Europ{\"a}ische Wasserrahmenrichtlinie und andere Anforderungen bindenden Instrumente. Hierf{\"u}r werden spezifische Vorgehensweisen vorgeschlagen. Anhand zweier ausgew{\"a}hlter Praxisbeispiele wird deutlich, dass es zur Bewertung der Verfahrensoptionen an einem Standort dienlich ist, ausgew{\"a}hlte Reduktionen bzw. Entfernungen von Stoffen, Organismen und Effekten zu bestimmen.}, language = {de} } @misc{WitzigBeckenbachEifleretal.2016, author = {Witzig, Jakob and Beckenbach, Isabel and Eifler, Leon and Fackeldey, Konstantin and Gleixner, Ambros and Grever, Andreas and Weber, Marcus}, title = {Mixed-Integer Programming for Cycle Detection in Non-reversible Markov Processes}, issn = {1438-0064}, doi = {10.1137/16M1091162}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-60353}, year = {2016}, abstract = {In this paper, we present a new, optimization-based method to exhibit cyclic behavior in non-reversible stochastic processes. While our method is general, it is strongly motivated by discrete simulations of ordinary differential equations representing non-reversible biological processes, in particular molecular simulations. Here, the discrete time steps of the simulation are often very small compared to the time scale of interest, i.e., of the whole process. In this setting, the detection of a global cyclic behavior of the process becomes difficult because transitions between individual states may appear almost reversible on the small time scale of the simulation. We address this difficulty using a mixed-integer programming model that allows us to compute a cycle of clusters with maximum net flow, i.e., large forward and small backward probability. For a synthetic genetic regulatory network consisting of a ring-oscillator with three genes, we show that this approach can detect the most productive overall cycle, outperforming classical spectral analysis methods. Our method applies to general non-equilibrium steady state systems such as catalytic reactions, for which the objective value computes the effectiveness of the catalyst.}, language = {en} } @article{WitzigBeckenbachEifleretal.2018, author = {Witzig, Jakob and Beckenbach, Isabel and Eifler, Leon and Fackeldey, Konstantin and Gleixner, Ambros and Grever, Andreas and Weber, Marcus}, title = {Mixed-Integer Programming for Cycle Detection in Non-reversible Markov Processes}, volume = {16}, journal = {Multiscale Modeling and Simulation}, number = {1}, issn = {1438-0064}, doi = {10.1137/16M1091162}, pages = {248 -- 265}, year = {2018}, abstract = {In this paper, we present a new, optimization-based method to exhibit cyclic behavior in non-reversible stochastic processes. While our method is general, it is strongly motivated by discrete simulations of ordinary differential equations representing non-reversible biological processes, in particular molecular simulations. Here, the discrete time steps of the simulation are often very small compared to the time scale of interest, i.e., of the whole process. In this setting, the detection of a global cyclic behavior of the process becomes difficult because transitions between individual states may appear almost reversible on the small time scale of the simulation. We address this difficulty using a mixed-integer programming model that allows us to compute a cycle of clusters with maximum net flow, i.e., large forward and small backward probability. For a synthetic genetic regulatory network consisting of a ring-oscillator with three genes, we show that this approach can detect the most productive overall cycle, outperforming classical spectral analysis methods. Our method applies to general non-equilibrium steady state systems such as catalytic reactions, for which the objective value computes the effectiveness of the catalyst.}, language = {en} } @article{LelievreStoltzZhang2022, author = {Lelievre, Tony and Stoltz, Gabriel and Zhang, Wei}, title = {Multiple projection MCMC algorithms on submanifolds}, journal = {IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis}, arxiv = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2003.09402}, doi = {10.1093/imanum/drac006}, year = {2022}, abstract = {We propose new Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms to sample probability distributions on submanifolds, which generalize previous methods by allowing the use of set-valued maps in the proposal step of the MCMC algorithms. The motivation for this generalization is that the numerical solvers used to project proposed moves to the submanifold of interest may find several solutions. We show that the new algorithms indeed sample the target probability measure correctly, thanks to some carefully enforced reversibility property. We demonstrate the interest of the new MCMC algorithms on illustrative numerical examples.}, language = {en} } @article{ZhangLiSchuette2022, author = {Zhang, Wei and Li, Tiejun and Sch{\"u}tte, Christof}, title = {Solving eigenvalue PDEs of metastable diffusion processes using artificial neural networks}, volume = {465}, journal = {Journal of Computational Physics}, arxiv = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.14523}, doi = {10.1016/j.jcp.2022.111377}, year = {2022}, abstract = {In this paper, we consider the eigenvalue PDE problem of the infinitesimal generators of metastable diffusion processes. We propose a numerical algorithm based on training artificial neural networks for solving the leading eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of such high-dimensional eigenvalue problem. The algorithm is useful in understanding the dynamical behaviors of metastable processes on large timescales. We demonstrate the capability of our algorithm on a high-dimensional model problem, and on the simple molecular system alanine dipeptide.}, language = {en} }