arXiv Machine Learning

Data-driven discrete-time deep recurrent neural network-based modeling for dissipative systems

The paper introduces DissipNet, a deep discrete‑time recurrent neural network that enforces dissipativity through structural weight constraints and a specialized training algorithm. By design, the network learns dissipative dynamics while maintaining stability, as formally verified using Lyapunov theory. Compared to standard RNNs and Physics‑Informed Neural Networks, DissipNet offers explicit stability guarantees and demonstrates improved performance across several modeling tasks.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 19

Nonlinear GENERIC-Embedded Neural Networks (N-GENNs): Learning GENERIC dynamics with non-quadratic dissipation potentials

Nonlinear GENERIC-Embedded Neural Networks (N-GENNs) are a deep learning framework designed to discover evolution equations for systems governed by the nonlinear GENERIC formalism. The method incorporates generalized gradient flows through convex dissipation potentials, allowing it to capture a wider range of thermodynamically consistent dynamics, including those with non‑quadratic dissipation potentials. Thermodynamic structure is enforced by construction, ensuring compliance with the first and second laws, and the approach is validated on a harmonic oscillator with a heat bath, an idealized chemical motor, and a one‑dimensional viscoplastic Perzyna model.

By Vojt\v{e}ch Votruba, Zequn He, Weilun Qiu, Celia Reina, Michal Pavelka
arXiv AI
Aug 28

Physics-Informed Stochastic Configuration Machine: A Backpropagation-Free Neural Network with Fast Training for Nonlinear Differential Equations

The paper introduces the Physics-Informed Stochastic Configuration Machine (PI‑SCM), a backpropagation‑free neural network designed for solving nonlinear differential equations. By analytically evaluating local Jacobians, PI‑SCM linearizes the physical loss, enabling optimal weight determination through generalized linear least squares and avoiding iterative nonlinear optimization. The authors present a progressive algorithmic suite—PI‑SC‑I, PI‑SC‑II, and PI‑SC‑III—prove their universal approximation properties, and show through experiments that PI‑SCM achieves high‑fidelity predictions and parameter identification while accelerating training by orders of magnitude compared to standard PINNs.

By Yuehao Song (School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, China), Zhong Chen (School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, China), Lihui Cen (School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, China), Liang Wu (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA), Kai Zhang (State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China)
arXiv AI
Jul 2

A Multi-Resolution Finite-Volume Inspired Deep Learning Framework for Spatiotemporal Dynamics Prediction

arXiv:2607. 00460v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Predicting complex spatiotemporal dynamics in physical processes often demands computationally expensive numerical methods or data-driven neural networks that suffer from high training costs, error accumulation, and limited generalizability to unseen parameters.

By Xin-Yang Liu, Xiantao Fan, Jian-Xun Wang
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 14

History-informed Lagrangian Neural Networks

arXiv:2608. 13215v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Forecasting the long-horizon evolution of mechanical systems from position-only observations is a pivotal yet difficult task, as hidden velocities and trajectory-specific physical properties must be inferred simultaneously.

By Tianshuo Zhang, Xianglei Xing, Wenzhe Zhai, Jia Gao, He Cao
arXiv AI
Sep 17

Enhancing Physics-Informed Neural Networks with Domain-aware Fourier Features: Towards Improved Performance and Interpretable Results

The paper proposes Domain-aware Fourier Features (DaFFs) for Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs), embedding domain-specific geometry and boundary conditions into the positional encoding. DaFFs eliminate the need for explicit boundary loss terms, simplify optimization, and reduce training cost, leading to orders-of-magnitude lower errors and faster convergence compared to vanilla PINNs and RFF-based PINNs. An LRP-based explainability framework further shows that DaFFs produce more physically consistent relevance attributions, improving interpretability.

By Alberto Mi\~no Calero, Luis Salamanca, Konstantinos E. Tatsis