Summary
Simulation‐based engineering usually needs the construction of computational vademecum to take into account the multiparametric aspect. One example concerns the optimization and inverse identification problems encountered in welding processes. This paper presents a nonintrusive a posteriori strategy for constructing quasi‐optimal space‐time computational vademecum using the higher‐order proper generalized decomposition method. Contrary to conventional tensor decomposition methods, based on full grids (eg, parallel factor analysis/higher‐order singular value decomposition), the proposed method is adapted to sparse grids, which allows an efficient adaptive sampling in the multidimensional parameter space. In addition, a residual‐based accelerator is proposed to accelerate the higher‐order proper generalized decomposition procedure for the optimal aspect of computational vademecum. Based on a simplified welding model, different examples of computational vademecum of dimension up to 6, taking into account both geometry and material parameters, are presented. These vademecums lead to real‐time parametric solutions and can serve as handbook for engineers to deal with optimization, identification, or other problems related to repetitive task.