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Main Authors: Cooley, Madison, Kirby, Robert M., Zhe, Shandian, Shankar, Varun
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.03573
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author Cooley, Madison
Kirby, Robert M.
Zhe, Shandian
Shankar, Varun
author_facet Cooley, Madison
Kirby, Robert M.
Zhe, Shandian
Shankar, Varun
contents Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have emerged as a powerful approach for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) by training neural networks with loss functions that incorporate physical constraints. In this work, we introduce HyResPINNs, a two-level convex-gated architecture designed to maximize approximation expressiveness for a fixed number of degrees of freedom (DoF). The first level involves a trainable, per-block combination of smooth basis functions with trainable sparsity, and deep neural networks; the second involves the ability to gate entire blocks (much like in ResNets or Highway Nets), allowing for expressivity along the depth dimension of the architecture. Our empirical evaluation on a diverse set of challenging PDE problems demonstrates that HyResPINNs consistently achieve superior accuracy to baseline methods while remaining competitive relative to training times. These results highlight the potential of HyResPINNs to combine desirable features from traditional scientific computing methods and modern machine learning, paving the way for more robust and expressive approaches to physics-informed modeling.
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spellingShingle HyResPINNs: A Hybrid Residual Physics-Informed Neural Network Architecture Designed to Balance Expressiveness and Trainability
Cooley, Madison
Kirby, Robert M.
Zhe, Shandian
Shankar, Varun
Machine Learning
Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have emerged as a powerful approach for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) by training neural networks with loss functions that incorporate physical constraints. In this work, we introduce HyResPINNs, a two-level convex-gated architecture designed to maximize approximation expressiveness for a fixed number of degrees of freedom (DoF). The first level involves a trainable, per-block combination of smooth basis functions with trainable sparsity, and deep neural networks; the second involves the ability to gate entire blocks (much like in ResNets or Highway Nets), allowing for expressivity along the depth dimension of the architecture. Our empirical evaluation on a diverse set of challenging PDE problems demonstrates that HyResPINNs consistently achieve superior accuracy to baseline methods while remaining competitive relative to training times. These results highlight the potential of HyResPINNs to combine desirable features from traditional scientific computing methods and modern machine learning, paving the way for more robust and expressive approaches to physics-informed modeling.
title HyResPINNs: A Hybrid Residual Physics-Informed Neural Network Architecture Designed to Balance Expressiveness and Trainability
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.03573