patrick-kidger / patrick-kidger/diffrax

Forcing solver to stay in given region

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Description

I'm solving a system of ODEs that simulates concentrations of some substances. I know that the concentrations have to be real numbers in the range [0, 1]. Normally, after each step, I would simply clamp the values to be in that region (since values outside of that range can mess with the simulation). Is there a way to achieve this nicely with diffrax?

I'm trying out a pretty wide range of parameters (since I'm using the simulations for MCMC), so ramping up the accuracy and step sizes to handle the outliers seems wasteful.

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No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reading the Diffrax solver documentation and determine whether constrained state handling is supported; done means establishing a documented approach for keeping ODE concentrations within [0, 1] without unnecessarily tightening solver accuracy.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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