arXiv Machine Learning

A Tutorial on Physics Constrained Machine Learning for Hybrid Modeling, Optimization, and Control

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 10

PL-KKT-hPINN: Enforcing Nonlinear Equality Constraints on Neural Networks via Piecewise-Linear Projection

arXiv:2606. 10682v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) have shown strong potential for process modeling, physical equations are only enforced as soft constraints during training, and thus, they do not guarantee constraint satisfaction at inference.

By Fateme Mohammad Mohammadi, Hector Budman, Joshua L. Pulsipher
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 12

A Scalable Learned Iterative Solver for Nonlinear MPC via Temporal Decomposition

The paper presents a scalable learned iterative solver for nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) that removes dependence on the prediction horizon by exploiting temporal decomposition in the network architecture. It introduces a closed‑loop resampling strategy to align training with deployment, achieving up to four‑fold speedups over IPOPT while maintaining comparable control performance and avoiding constraint violations. The method outperforms the previous monolithic LISCO approach on a CSTR cascade benchmark, scaling to larger problems without increasing network size.

By Lukas L\"uken, Sergio Lucia
arXiv AI
Jul 2

SNAP-FM: Sparse Nonlinear Accelerated Projection for Physics-Constrained Generative Modeling

arXiv:2607. 00095v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generative models have emerged as scalable surrogates for physical simulation, yet they offer no guarantee that their outputs respect the conservation laws, boundary conditions, and nonlinear invariants that govern the underlying physics.

By Alaina Kolli, Theodoros Xenakis, Utkarsh Utkarsh, Pengfei Cai, Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli, Alan Edelman, Christopher Vincent Rackauckas
arXiv AI
Jun 3

Introduction to optimization methods for training SciML models

arXiv:2601. 10222v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Optimization is central to both modern machine learning (ML) and scientific machine learning (SciML), yet the structure of the underlying optimization problems differs substantially across these domains.

By Alena Kopani\v{c}\'akov\'a, Elisa Riccietti
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 3

HUANet: Hard-Constrained Unrolled ADMM for Constrained Convex Optimization

HUANet is a deep neural network architecture that unrolls the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) into a trainable model for accelerating parametric constrained convex optimization. It embeds a hard‑constrained neural network in each ADMM iteration, using a differentiable correction stage to enforce affine equalities of the primal subproblem. The method also incorporates first‑order optimality conditions into a self‑supervised training loss, and numerical experiments on benchmark problems and a control application demonstrate its effectiveness in speeding up constrained convex optimization.

By Trinh Tran, Binh Nguyen, Truong X. Nghiem
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 23

CAffNet: Hard Constraint-Affine Neural Networks

arXiv:2605.24437v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We present a novel framework for embedding hard constraint satisfaction into neural network (NN) architectures, specifically feedforward neural net...

By Yang Zhao, Jungeun Lee, Jeong hwan Jeon, Sze Zheng Yong
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 16

Learning efficient representations of complex constraints for scalable optimization

The paper introduces PolyFormer, a physics-informed machine learning framework that learns compact polytopic representations of complex constraints. By transforming constraint-induced geometry into efficient polytopic reformulations, PolyFormer reduces optimization complexity and enables the use of standard solvers. Evaluations on large‑scale resource aggregation, network‑constrained optimization, and uncertainty‑aware optimization show up to 6,400‑fold speedups and 99.87% memory savings while keeping feasibility and objective errors low.

By Yilin Wen, Yi Guo, Bo Zhao, Wei Qi, Zechun Hu, Colin Jones, Jian Sun