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Near-Optimal Parameter for Tikhonov and Other Regularization Methods

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Author(s)

Dianne M. O'Leary

Abstract

Choosing the regularization parameter for an ill-posed problem is an art based on good heuristics and prior knowledge of the noise in the observations. In this work we propose choosing the parameter, without a priori information, by approximately minimizing the distance between the true solution to the discrete problem and the family of regularized solutions. We demonstrate the usefulness of this approach for Tikhonov regularization and for an alternate family of solutions. Further, we prove convergence of the regularization parameter to zero as the standard deviation of the noise goes to zero. We also prove that the alternate family produces solutions closer to the true solution than the Tokhonov family when the noise is small enough.
Citation
- 6317
Report Number
6317
Volume
23
Issue
4

Keywords

ill-posed problems, regularization, Tokhonov

Citation

O'Leary, D. (2001), Near-Optimal Parameter for Tikhonov and Other Regularization Methods, - 6317, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=150761 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created December 1, 2001, Updated October 16, 2008