Solving the Elastic Wave Equation with Physics-Informed Neural Networks: A Robust and Critical Assessment
Read the original on arXiv Machine Learning →The Flow has not summarised this story yet — read it at arXiv Machine Learning.
The Flow has not summarised this story yet — read it at arXiv Machine Learning.
The paper introduces a simplified Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN) that uses trainable Gabor basis functions to better capture the localized, oscillatory nature of acoustic wavefields, addressing the low‑frequency bias of traditional PINNs. By redefining the network’s task as learning a nonlinear mapping to a custom Gabor coordinate system, the method absorbs Gabor parameters into the mapping, reducing computational complexity and eliminating manual hyperparameter tuning. Numerical experiments on various velocity models demonstrate faster convergence, higher accuracy, and greater robustness compared to conventional PINNs and earlier Gabor‑based approaches, with the implementation made publicly available for reproducibility.
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.
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.
arXiv:2606. 16575v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Deep neural networks (DNNs) have achieved remarkable success in scientific computing, yet they often suffer from spectral bias in capturing oscillatory and multiscale behaviors.
arXiv:2607. 06479v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: 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.
arXiv:2602.08515v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This work investigates shallow physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) for solving forward and inverse problems governed by nonlinear partia...