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Main Authors: Rizqan, Fauzan Nazranda, Hole, Matthew, Gretton, Charles
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21155
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author Rizqan, Fauzan Nazranda
Hole, Matthew
Gretton, Charles
author_facet Rizqan, Fauzan Nazranda
Hole, Matthew
Gretton, Charles
contents Our contributions are motivated by fusion reactors that rely on maintaining magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium, where the balance between plasma pressure and confining magnetic fields is required for stable operation. In axisymmetric tokamak reactors in particular, and under the assumption of toroidal symmetry, this equilibrium can be mathematically modelled using the Grad-Shafranov Equation (GSE). Recent works have demonstrated the potential of using Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) to model the GSE. Existing studies did not examine realistic scenarios in which a single network generalizes to a variety of boundary conditions. Addressing that limitation, we evaluate a PINN architecture that incorporates boundary points as network inputs. Additionally, we compare PINN model accuracy and inference speeds with a Fourier Neural Operator (FNO) model. Finding the PINN model to be the most performant, and accurate in our setting, we use the network verification tool Marabou to perform a range of verification tasks. Although we find some discrepancies between evaluations of the networks natively in PyTorch, compared to via Marabou, we are able to demonstrate useful and practical verification workflows. Our study is the first investigation of verification of such networks.
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spellingShingle Evaluation and Verification of Physics-Informed Neural Models of the Grad-Shafranov Equation
Rizqan, Fauzan Nazranda
Hole, Matthew
Gretton, Charles
Plasma Physics
Artificial Intelligence
Neural and Evolutionary Computing
Our contributions are motivated by fusion reactors that rely on maintaining magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium, where the balance between plasma pressure and confining magnetic fields is required for stable operation. In axisymmetric tokamak reactors in particular, and under the assumption of toroidal symmetry, this equilibrium can be mathematically modelled using the Grad-Shafranov Equation (GSE). Recent works have demonstrated the potential of using Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) to model the GSE. Existing studies did not examine realistic scenarios in which a single network generalizes to a variety of boundary conditions. Addressing that limitation, we evaluate a PINN architecture that incorporates boundary points as network inputs. Additionally, we compare PINN model accuracy and inference speeds with a Fourier Neural Operator (FNO) model. Finding the PINN model to be the most performant, and accurate in our setting, we use the network verification tool Marabou to perform a range of verification tasks. Although we find some discrepancies between evaluations of the networks natively in PyTorch, compared to via Marabou, we are able to demonstrate useful and practical verification workflows. Our study is the first investigation of verification of such networks.
title Evaluation and Verification of Physics-Informed Neural Models of the Grad-Shafranov Equation
topic Plasma Physics
Artificial Intelligence
Neural and Evolutionary Computing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.21155