Multi-modal Bayesian Neural Network Surrogates with Conjugate Last-Layer Estimation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21711v1
• Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:13:57 GMT
• Title: Multi-modal Bayesian Neural Network Surrogates with Conjugate Last-Layer Estimation
• Authors: Ian Taylor, Juliane Mueller, Julie Bessac,
• Abstract summary: We develop two multi-modal neural network surrogate models and leverage conditionally conjugate distributions in the last layer to estimate model parameters.<n>We demonstrate improved prediction accuracy and uncertainty compared to uni-modal surrogate models for both scalar and time series data.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: As data collection and simulation capabilities advance, multi-modal learning, the task of learning from multiple modalities and sources of data, is becoming an increasingly important area of research. Surrogate models that learn from data of multiple auxiliary modalities to support the modeling of a highly expensive quantity of interest have the potential to aid outer loop applications such as optimization, inverse problems, or sensitivity analyses when multi-modal data are available. We develop two multi-modal Bayesian neural network surrogate models and leverage conditionally conjugate distributions in the last layer to estimate model parameters using stochastic variational inference (SVI). We provide a method to perform this conjugate SVI estimation in the presence of partially missing observations. We demonstrate improved prediction accuracy and uncertainty quantification compared to uni-modal surrogate models for both scalar and time series data.

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