Can Transfer Neuroevolution Tractably Solve Your Differential Equations?

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2101.01998v2
• Date: Wed, 5 May 2021 02:37:12 GMT
• Title: Can Transfer Neuroevolution Tractably Solve Your Differential Equations?
• Authors: Jian Cheng Wong, Abhishek Gupta, Yew-Soon Ong
• Abstract summary: This paper introduces neuroevolution for solving differential equations. Neuroevolution carries out a parallel exploration of diverse solutions with the goal of circumventing local optima. A novel and computationally efficient transfer neuroevolution algorithm is proposed in this paper.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: This paper introduces neuroevolution for solving differential equations. The solution is obtained through optimizing a deep neural network whose loss function is defined by the residual terms from the differential equations. Recent studies have focused on learning such physics-informed neural networks through stochastic gradient descent (SGD) variants, yet they face the difficulty of obtaining an accurate solution due to optimization challenges. In the context of solving differential equations, we are faced with the problem of finding globally optimum parameters of the network, instead of being concerned with out-of-sample generalization. SGD, which searches along a single gradient direction, is prone to become trapped in local optima, so it may not be the best approach here. In contrast, neuroevolution carries out a parallel exploration of diverse solutions with the goal of circumventing local optima. It could potentially find more accurate solutions with better optimized neural networks. However, neuroevolution can be slow, raising tractability issues in practice. With that in mind, a novel and computationally efficient transfer neuroevolution algorithm is proposed in this paper. Our method is capable of exploiting relevant experiential priors when solving a new problem, with adaptation to protect against the risk of negative transfer. The algorithm is applied on a variety of differential equations to empirically demonstrate that transfer neuroevolution can indeed achieve better accuracy and faster convergence than SGD. The experimental outcomes thus establish transfer neuroevolution as a noteworthy approach for solving differential equations, one that has never been studied in the past. Our work expands the resource of available algorithms for optimizing physics-informed neural networks.

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