Parametric Sensitivity of POD Reduced-Order Models for Semilinear Evolution Equations with Applications to G-Equations

Abstract

Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) provides low-dimensional surrogate models of evolution equations from solution snapshots. In parameterized problems, however, a basis computed at one parameter value need not remain accurate at another, while recomputing the basis for every parameter in a many-query study is costly. We develop a sensitivity analysis for POD reduced-order models of a class of parameterized semilinear evolution equations that includes the viscous G-equation and a viscous strain G-equation in their mean-free formulations. The analysis is based on a cross-space Lipschitz condition for the nonlinear operator, which accommodates the nonsmooth, gradient-dependent nonlinearities of these flame-propagation models, and on continuity moduli quantifying the parameter dependence of the bilinear form and of the nonlinearity. We prove that when a POD basis constructed at a reference parameter is applied to nearby query parameters, the resulting error variation is controlled by the corresponding parameter modulus, with constants independent of the POD dimension, the number of time steps, and the perturbation magnitude. Numerical experiments are consistent with the predicted modulus-dependent sensitivity behavior, and illustrate the practical robustness of basis reuse for nearby parameters.