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Volume 21, Issue 5
Parametric Model Reduction with Convolutional Neural Networks

Yumeng Wang, Shiping Zhou & Yanzhi Zhang

Int. J. Numer. Anal. Mod., 21 (2024), pp. 716-738.

Published online: 2024-10

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Reduced order modeling (ROM) has been widely used to solve parametric PDEs. However, most existing ROM methods rely on linear projections, which face efficiency challenges when dealing with complex nonlinear problems. In this paper, we propose a convolutional neural network-based ROM method to solve parametric PDEs. Our approach consists of two components: a convolutional autoencoder (CAE) that learns a low-dimensional representation of the solutions, and a convolutional neural network (CNN) that maps the model parameters to the latent representation. For time-dependent problems, we incorporate time $t$ into the surrogate model by treating it as an additional parameter. To reduce computational costs, we use a decoupled training strategy to train the CAE and latent CNN separately. The advantages of our method are that it does not require training data to be sampled at uniform time steps and can predict the solution at any time $t$ within the time domain. Extensive numerical experiments have shown that our surrogate model can accurately predict solutions for both time-independent and time-dependent problems. Comparison with traditional numerical methods further demonstrates the computational effectiveness of our surrogate solver, especially for solving nonlinear parametric PDEs.

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65K10, 68T07, 93A15

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@Article{IJNAM-21-716, author = {Wang , YumengZhou , Shiping and Zhang , Yanzhi}, title = {Parametric Model Reduction with Convolutional Neural Networks}, journal = {International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling}, year = {2024}, volume = {21}, number = {5}, pages = {716--738}, abstract = {

Reduced order modeling (ROM) has been widely used to solve parametric PDEs. However, most existing ROM methods rely on linear projections, which face efficiency challenges when dealing with complex nonlinear problems. In this paper, we propose a convolutional neural network-based ROM method to solve parametric PDEs. Our approach consists of two components: a convolutional autoencoder (CAE) that learns a low-dimensional representation of the solutions, and a convolutional neural network (CNN) that maps the model parameters to the latent representation. For time-dependent problems, we incorporate time $t$ into the surrogate model by treating it as an additional parameter. To reduce computational costs, we use a decoupled training strategy to train the CAE and latent CNN separately. The advantages of our method are that it does not require training data to be sampled at uniform time steps and can predict the solution at any time $t$ within the time domain. Extensive numerical experiments have shown that our surrogate model can accurately predict solutions for both time-independent and time-dependent problems. Comparison with traditional numerical methods further demonstrates the computational effectiveness of our surrogate solver, especially for solving nonlinear parametric PDEs.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Parametric Model Reduction with Convolutional Neural Networks AU - Wang , Yumeng AU - Zhou , Shiping AU - Zhang , Yanzhi JO - International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling VL - 5 SP - 716 EP - 738 PY - 2024 DA - 2024/10 SN - 21 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/ijnam2024-1029 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnam/23450.html KW - Parametric PDEs, reduced order modeling, convolutional autoencoder, convolutional neural network, decoupled training strategy. AB -

Reduced order modeling (ROM) has been widely used to solve parametric PDEs. However, most existing ROM methods rely on linear projections, which face efficiency challenges when dealing with complex nonlinear problems. In this paper, we propose a convolutional neural network-based ROM method to solve parametric PDEs. Our approach consists of two components: a convolutional autoencoder (CAE) that learns a low-dimensional representation of the solutions, and a convolutional neural network (CNN) that maps the model parameters to the latent representation. For time-dependent problems, we incorporate time $t$ into the surrogate model by treating it as an additional parameter. To reduce computational costs, we use a decoupled training strategy to train the CAE and latent CNN separately. The advantages of our method are that it does not require training data to be sampled at uniform time steps and can predict the solution at any time $t$ within the time domain. Extensive numerical experiments have shown that our surrogate model can accurately predict solutions for both time-independent and time-dependent problems. Comparison with traditional numerical methods further demonstrates the computational effectiveness of our surrogate solver, especially for solving nonlinear parametric PDEs.

Wang , YumengZhou , Shiping and Zhang , Yanzhi. (2024). Parametric Model Reduction with Convolutional Neural Networks. International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling. 21 (5). 716-738. doi:10.4208/ijnam2024-1029
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