arXiv Machine Learning

Solving the Elastic Wave Equation with Physics-Informed Neural Networks: A Robust and Critical Assessment

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 31

Examining the robustness of Physics-Informed Neural Networks to noise for Inverse Problems

The paper evaluates the robustness of Physics‑Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) against noisy data in inverse problems, comparing them to a finite element method (FEM) plus optimizer baseline. Experiments on viscosity identification in 1D Burgers’ equation and 2D/3D Taylor‑Green Vortex with additive Gaussian noise show that PINNs, while requiring less human expertise, are outperformed by the traditional FEM approach in accuracy (e.g., RMSE 0.01 vs. 0.0013 for 2D Taylor‑Green with σ=1). PINNs do, however, exhibit better scaling with problem complexity, and the study highlights specific training failures that must be addressed for PINNs to become more competitive.

By Aleksandra Jekic, Afroditi Natsaridou, Signe Riemer-S{\o}rensen, Helge Langseth, Odd Erik Gundersen
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 29

Recovering Sharp Conductivity Features in the Finite-Data Calder\'on Problem with Physics-Informed Neural Networks

arXiv:2606. 28158v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have recently emerged as a promising framework for addressing the Calder\'on inverse problem from limited boundary data.

By Ali AlHadi Kalout, Pablo Tejerina-P\'erez, Konstantin Karchev, Pedro Taranc\'on-\'Alvarez, Leonid Sarieddine, Raul Jimenez, Max Engelstein, Guy David
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 27

When Does Frequency Decomposition Benefit Physics-Informed Neural Networks? A Preliminary Ablation Study

The paper investigates when frequency decomposition aids Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) by introducing a dual‑branch, spectrally‑gated architecture (DBSG‑PINN) that separates low‑ and high‑frequency components. Experiments on five one‑dimensional PDE benchmarks show that frequency decomposition significantly reduces error—up to 59.2% on a multimodal wave problem—when the target solution is spectrally complex, but offers little improvement on smoother problems and can even worsen performance on a simple 1D wave benchmark. The adaptive gate’s effectiveness scales with the spectral richness of the solution, suggesting it exploits frequency structure rather than adding noise.

By Shubham Rai
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jul 7

A Physics-Informed Neural Network Framework for Elastodynamic Wave Propagation in Bimaterial Systems

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) provide a promising framework for solving partial differential equations while embedding the underlying physical laws directly into the learning process. This study presents a PINN-based framework for modeling transient elastodynamic wave propagation in bimaterial systems governed by the axisymmetric equations of linear elasticity.