Generalized Adjoint for Physical Processes with Parameterized Discontinuities. Part VI: Minimization Problems in Multidimensional Space

Abstract

Generalized adjoint with modified discretization and generalized coarse-grain adjoint are derived for a vector system of equations that contains parameterized on/off switches. With vector examples, it is shown that the conventional adjoint minimization may have a convergence problem in multidimensional space. The problem can be solved by the generalized adjoint with modified discretization or by the generalized coarse-grain adjoint without modifying the traditional discretization in the forward model.