Evolutionary Optimization of the Reduced Gas‐Phase Isoprene Oxidation Mechanism

Abstract Atmospheric chemistry is highly complex, and significant reductions in the size of the chemical mechanism are required to simulate the atmosphere. One of the bottlenecks in creating reduced models is identifying optimal numerical parameters. This process has been difficult to automate, and...

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Main Authors: Arijit Chakraborty, Forwood Cloud Wiser, Siddhartha Sen, Daniel M. Westervelt, Reese Carter, V. Faye McNeill, Venkat Venkatasubramanian
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Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024MS004511
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author Arijit Chakraborty
Forwood Cloud Wiser
Siddhartha Sen
Daniel M. Westervelt
Reese Carter
V. Faye McNeill
Venkat Venkatasubramanian
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description Abstract Atmospheric chemistry is highly complex, and significant reductions in the size of the chemical mechanism are required to simulate the atmosphere. One of the bottlenecks in creating reduced models is identifying optimal numerical parameters. This process has been difficult to automate, and often relies on manual testing. In this work, we present the application of particle swarm optimization (PSO) toward optimizing the stoichiometric coefficients and rate constants of a reduced isoprene atmospheric oxidation mechanism. Using PSO, we are able to achieve up to 28.8% improvement in our error metric when compared to a manually tuned reduced mechanism, leading to a significantly optimized final mechanism. This work demonstrates PSO as a promising and thus far underutilized tool for atmospheric chemical mechanism development.
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spelling doaj-art-6e86bf7a20e442a69f7b69bcea260db22025-08-20T02:30:14ZengAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems1942-24662025-05-01175n/an/a10.1029/2024MS004511Evolutionary Optimization of the Reduced Gas‐Phase Isoprene Oxidation MechanismArijit Chakraborty0Forwood Cloud Wiser1Siddhartha Sen2Daniel M. Westervelt3Reese Carter4V. Faye McNeill5Venkat Venkatasubramanian6Department of Chemical Engineering Columbia University New York NY USADepartment of Chemical Engineering Columbia University New York NY USAMicrosoft Research New York NY USALamont‐Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University Palisades NY USAThe Dalton School New York NY USADepartment of Chemical Engineering Columbia University New York NY USADepartment of Chemical Engineering Columbia University New York NY USAAbstract Atmospheric chemistry is highly complex, and significant reductions in the size of the chemical mechanism are required to simulate the atmosphere. One of the bottlenecks in creating reduced models is identifying optimal numerical parameters. This process has been difficult to automate, and often relies on manual testing. In this work, we present the application of particle swarm optimization (PSO) toward optimizing the stoichiometric coefficients and rate constants of a reduced isoprene atmospheric oxidation mechanism. Using PSO, we are able to achieve up to 28.8% improvement in our error metric when compared to a manually tuned reduced mechanism, leading to a significantly optimized final mechanism. This work demonstrates PSO as a promising and thus far underutilized tool for atmospheric chemical mechanism development.https://doi.org/10.1029/2024MS004511particle swarm optimizationevolutionary optimizationatmospheric chemical modelingisoprenemodel reduction
spellingShingle Arijit Chakraborty
Forwood Cloud Wiser
Siddhartha Sen
Daniel M. Westervelt
Reese Carter
V. Faye McNeill
Venkat Venkatasubramanian
Evolutionary Optimization of the Reduced Gas‐Phase Isoprene Oxidation Mechanism
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
particle swarm optimization
evolutionary optimization
atmospheric chemical modeling
isoprene
model reduction
title Evolutionary Optimization of the Reduced Gas‐Phase Isoprene Oxidation Mechanism
title_full Evolutionary Optimization of the Reduced Gas‐Phase Isoprene Oxidation Mechanism
title_fullStr Evolutionary Optimization of the Reduced Gas‐Phase Isoprene Oxidation Mechanism
title_full_unstemmed Evolutionary Optimization of the Reduced Gas‐Phase Isoprene Oxidation Mechanism
title_short Evolutionary Optimization of the Reduced Gas‐Phase Isoprene Oxidation Mechanism
title_sort evolutionary optimization of the reduced gas phase isoprene oxidation mechanism
topic particle swarm optimization
evolutionary optimization
atmospheric chemical modeling
isoprene
model reduction
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2024MS004511
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