Heuristic Optimization with CPU-GPU Heterogeneous Wave Computing for Estimating Three-Dimensional Inner Structure

Abstract

To increase the reliability of numerical simulations, it is important to use more reliable models. This study proposes a method to generate a finite element model that can reproduce observational data in a target domain. Our proposed method searches parameters to determine finite element models by combining simulated annealing and finite element wave propagation analyses. In the optimization, we utilize heterogeneous computer resources. The finite element solver, which is the computationally expensive portion, is computed rapidly using GPU computation. Simultaneously, we generate finite element models using CPU computation to overlap the computation time of model generation. We estimate the inner soil structure as an application example. The soil structure is reproduced from the observed time history of velocity on the ground surface using our developed optimizer.