Variational operator learning: A unified paradigm marrying training neural operators and solving partial differential equations

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Publication date: 9 April 2023

Abstract: Based on the variational method, we propose a novel paradigm that provides a unified framework of training neural operators and solving partial differential equations (PDEs) with the variational form, which we refer to as the variational operator learning (VOL). We first derive the functional approximation of the system from the node solution prediction given by neural operators, and then conduct the variational operation by automatic differentiation, constructing a forward-backward propagation loop to derive the residual of the linear system. One or several update steps of the steepest decent method (SD) and the conjugate gradient method (CG) are provided in every iteration as a cheap yet effective update for training the neural operators. Experimental results show the proposed VOL can learn a variety of solution operators in PDEs of the steady heat transfer and the variable stiffness elasticity with satisfactory results and small error. The proposed VOL achieves nearly label-free training. Only five to ten labels are used for the output distribution-shift session in all experiments. Generalization benefits of the VOL are investigated and discussed.

Has companion code repository: https://github.com/bravedrxutf/vol

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