BITS for GAPS: Bayesian Information-Theoretic Sampling for hierarchical GAussian Process Surrogates

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.16815v1
• Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:36:21 GMT
• Title: BITS for GAPS: Bayesian Information-Theoretic Sampling for hierarchical GAussian Process Surrogates
• Authors: Kyla D. Jones, Alexander W. Dowling,
• Abstract summary: We introduce the Bayesian Information-Theoretic Sampling for hierarchical GAussian Process Surrogates (BITS for GAPS) framework.<n>BITS for GAPS supports serial hybrid modeling, where known physics governs part of the system.<n>We derive entropy-based acquisition functions that quantify expected information gain from candidate input locations.
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• Abstract: We introduce the Bayesian Information-Theoretic Sampling for hierarchical GAussian Process Surrogates (BITS for GAPS) framework to emulate latent components in hybrid physical systems. BITS for GAPS supports serial hybrid modeling, where known physics governs part of the system and residual dynamics are represented as a latent function inferred from data. A Gaussian process prior is placed over the latent function, with hierarchical priors on its hyperparameters to encode physically meaningful structure in the predictive posterior. To guide data acquisition, we derive entropy-based acquisition functions that quantify expected information gain from candidate input locations, identifying samples most informative for training the surrogate. Specifically, we obtain a closed-form expression for the differential entropy of the predictive posterior and establish a tractable lower bound for efficient evaluation. These derivations approximate the predictive posterior as a finite, uniformly weighted mixture of Gaussian processes. We demonstrate the framework's utility by modeling activity coefficients in vapor-liquid equilibrium systems, embedding the surrogate into extended Raoult's law for distillation design. Numerical results show that entropy-guided sampling improves sample efficiency by targeting regions of high uncertainty and potential information gain. This accelerates surrogate convergence, enhances predictive accuracy in non-ideal regimes, and preserves physical consistency. Overall, BITS for GAPS provides an efficient, interpretable, and uncertainty-aware framework for hybrid modeling of complex physical systems.

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