让神经算子从不完整数据中学习,提升真实场景下的物理模拟能力。
Learning Neural Operators from Partial Observations via Latent Autoregressive Modeling
- 用掩码预测策略和隐空间自回归生成,解决部分观测下的学习难题。
- 在缺失率低于50%时,相对误差降低18%至69%,实测气候预测表现优异。
- 适合处理传感器不全、数据缺失的科学计算场景,如气象与流体模拟。
现实科学应用常因传感器限制、地理约束或测量成本导致数据不完整。尽管神经算子在求解偏微分方程方面显著提升了计算效率与精度,但其依赖完全观测输入的假设严重制约了实际应用。本文提出首个系统性框架,用于从部分观测中学习神经算子。识别并形式化两大核心障碍:(i) 未观测区域的监督空白,阻碍物理相关性的有效学习;(ii) 不完整输入与完整解场之间的动态空间错配。为此,我们提出隐自回归神经算子(LANO),引入两项新机制:(i) 掩码预测训练策略,通过有策略地遮蔽观测区域生成人工监督;(ii) 物理感知隐空间传播器,基于边界优先的自回归方式在隐空间重建解。此外,构建了专用基准POBench-PDE,涵盖三类由PDE驱动的任务,专门评估部分观测下的神经算子性能。LANO在各类基准上实现18%–69%的相对L2误差降低,适用于缺损率低于50%的局部缺失情形,包括真实气候预测。该方法可有效应对高达75%缺失率的实际场景,一定程度上弥合了理想研究环境与真实科学计算复杂性之间的差距。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Real-world scientific applications frequently encounter incomplete observational data due to sensor limitations, geographic constraints, or measurement costs. Although neural operators significantly advanced PDE solving in terms of computational efficiency and accuracy, their underlying assumption of fully-observed spatial inputs severely restricts applicability in real-world applications. We introduce the first systematic framework for learning neural operators from partial observation. We identify and formalize two fundamental obstacles: (i) the supervision gap in unobserved regions that prevents effective learning of physical correlations, and (ii) the dynamic spatial mismatch between incomplete inputs and complete solution fields. Specifically, our proposed Latent Autoregressive Neural Operator(LANO) introduces two novel components designed explicitly to address the core difficulties of partial observations: (i) a mask-to-predict training strategy that creates artificial supervision by strategically masking observed regions, and (ii) a Physics-Aware Latent Propagator that reconstructs solutions through boundary-first autoregressive generation in latent space. Additionally, we develop POBench-PDE, a dedicated and comprehensive benchmark designed specifically for evaluating neural operators under partial observation conditions across three PDE-governed tasks. LANO achieves state-of-the-art performance with 18--69$\%$ relative L2 error reduction across all benchmarks under patch-wise missingness with less than 50$\%$ missing rate, including real-world climate prediction. Our approach effectively addresses practical scenarios involving up to 75$\%$ missing rate, to some extent bridging the existing gap between idealized research settings and the complexities of real-world scientific computing.
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