arXiv Machine Learning

A derivative-fidelity failure mode in physics-informed neural networks: strengthened benchmark evidence from function-value training

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 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
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Aug 11

Derivative Computation in PINNs: Automatic Differentiation, Finite Differences and Beyond

We systematically investigate finite-difference (FD) derivative computation in Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) as an alternative to automatic differentiation (AD). On three benchmark PDEs we show that, with a properly calibrated step size, FD matches AD in accuracy on every problem while running faster across the full tested batch-size range and using substantially less GPU memory, and that a stochastic variant we propose outperforms AD on a stationary problem.

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