Certified and accurate computation of function space norms of deep neural networks

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Autori principali: Gründler, Johannes, Maibaum, Moritz, Petersen, Philipp
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author Gründler, Johannes
Maibaum, Moritz
Petersen, Philipp
author_facet Gründler, Johannes
Maibaum, Moritz
Petersen, Philipp
contents Neural network methods for PDEs require reliable error control in function space norms. However, trained neural networks can typically only be probed at a finite number of point values. Without strong assumptions, point evaluations alone do not provide enough information to derive tight deterministic and guaranteed bounds on function space norms. In this work, we move beyond a purely black-box setting and exploit the neural network structure directly. We present a framework for the certified and accurate computation of integral quantities of neural networks, including Lebesgue and Sobolev norms, by combining interval arithmetic enclosures on axis-aligned boxes with adaptive marking/refinement and quadrature-based aggregation. On each box, we compute guaranteed lower and upper bounds for function values and derivatives, and propagate these local certificates to global lower and upper bounds for the target integrals. Our analysis provides a general convergence theorem for such certified adaptive quadrature procedures and instantiates it for function values, Jacobians, and Hessians, yielding certified computation of $L^p$, $W^{1,p}$, and $W^{2,p}$ norms. We further show how these ingredients lead to practical certified bounds for PINN interior residuals. Numerical experiments illustrate the accuracy and practical behavior of the proposed methods.
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spellingShingle Certified and accurate computation of function space norms of deep neural networks
Gründler, Johannes
Maibaum, Moritz
Petersen, Philipp
Numerical Analysis
Machine Learning
68T07, 65N15, 65D30, 65G20
Neural network methods for PDEs require reliable error control in function space norms. However, trained neural networks can typically only be probed at a finite number of point values. Without strong assumptions, point evaluations alone do not provide enough information to derive tight deterministic and guaranteed bounds on function space norms. In this work, we move beyond a purely black-box setting and exploit the neural network structure directly. We present a framework for the certified and accurate computation of integral quantities of neural networks, including Lebesgue and Sobolev norms, by combining interval arithmetic enclosures on axis-aligned boxes with adaptive marking/refinement and quadrature-based aggregation. On each box, we compute guaranteed lower and upper bounds for function values and derivatives, and propagate these local certificates to global lower and upper bounds for the target integrals. Our analysis provides a general convergence theorem for such certified adaptive quadrature procedures and instantiates it for function values, Jacobians, and Hessians, yielding certified computation of $L^p$, $W^{1,p}$, and $W^{2,p}$ norms. We further show how these ingredients lead to practical certified bounds for PINN interior residuals. Numerical experiments illustrate the accuracy and practical behavior of the proposed methods.
title Certified and accurate computation of function space norms of deep neural networks
topic Numerical Analysis
Machine Learning
68T07, 65N15, 65D30, 65G20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.06431