With cedram.org All online volumes Latest online issues Advanced Search Table of contents for this issue | Previous article | Next article Nicolas BousquetAccelerated Monte Carlo estimation of exceedance probabilities under monotonicity constraintsAnnales de la faculté des sciences de Toulouse Sér. 6, 21 no. 3 (2012), p. 557-591, doi: 10.5802/afst.1345 Article PDF | Reviews MR 3076412 | Zbl 1275.62058 Résumé - AbstractThe problem of estimating the probability ${p}=P(g({\bf X})\le 0)$ is considered when ${\bf X}$ represents a multivariate stochastic input of a monotonic function $g$. First, a heuristic method to bound ${p}$, originally proposed by de Rocquigny (2009), is formally described, involving a specialized design of numerical experiments. Then a statistical estimation of ${p}$ is considered based on a sequential stochastic exploration of the input space. A maximum likelihood estimator of ${p}$ build from successive dependent Bernoulli data is defined and its theoretical convergence properties are studied. Under intuitive or mild conditions, the estimation is faster and more robust than the traditional Monte Carlo approach, therefore adapted to time-consuming computer codes $g$. The main result of the paper is related to the variance of the estimator. It appears as a new baseline measure of efficiency under monotonicity constraints, which could play a similar role to the usual Monte Carlo estimator variance in unconstrained frameworks. Furthermore the bias of the estimator is shown to be corrigible via bootstrap heuristics. The behavior of the method is illustrated by numerical tests conducted on a class of toy examples and a more realistic hydraulic case-study. Bibliography[1] Anonymous.— Open TURNS version 0.14.0 – Reference guide. Tech. rep., EDF-EADS-PhiMeca (2011). 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