arXiv Machine Learning

ProPINN: Demystifying Propagation Failures in Physics-Informed Neural Networks

arXiv:2502. 00803v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have earned high expectations in solving partial differential equations (PDEs), but their optimization usually faces thorny challenges due to the unique derivative-dependent loss function.

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 AI
Jun 3

PINNfluence: Interpreting PINNs through Influence Functions

arXiv:2409. 08958v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have emerged as a powerful deep learning approach for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) in the physical sciences, yet their behavior remains largely opaque and is typically understood through failure mode analyses rather than explicit interpretability.

By Aleksander Krasowski, Jonas R. Naujoks, Moritz Weckbecker, Galip \"U. Yolcu, Thomas Wiegand, Sebastian Lapuschkin, Wojciech Samek, Ren\'e P. Klausen
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 10

Mitigating Gradient Pathology in PINNs through Aligned Constraint

arXiv:2605. 25001v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: While Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) are powerful for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs), their training is often paralyzed by gradient pathology.

By Yichen Luo, Peiyu Zhu, Dongxiao Hu, Jia Wang, Tailin Wu, Dapeng Lan, Yu Liu, Zhibo Pang
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 27

Physics-Informed Error Field Learning: A Post-Training Optimization Framework for Physics-Informed Neural Networks

Physics-Informed Error Field Learning (PIEFL) is a post‑training optimization framework for Physics‑Informed Neural Networks (PINNs). After a primary network reaches satisfactory accuracy, PIEFL introduces an auxiliary error network that learns the discrepancy between the current approximation and the exact solution by deriving error control equations under physical constraints. The learned error correction is then combined with the primary prediction, improving solution accuracy without modifying the primary network architecture and focusing computational resources on correcting existing prediction errors.

By Jiuyun Sun, Yong Zhang
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 5

On the training of physics-informed neural operators for solving parametric partial differential equations

arXiv:2606. 06164v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Physics-informed neural operators (PINOs) aim to learn solution operators for partial differential equations by using the governing physics as supervision, rather than relying solely on paired input-output simulation data.

By Nanxi Chen, Chuanjie Cui, Airong Chen, Sifan Wang, Rujin Ma