从多源数据中联合发现物理系统的偏微分方程,提升泛化与可解释性。
Joint discovery of governing partial differential equations from multi-source datasets by competitive optimization
- 通过竞争优化动态评估多源数据可信度并融合为统一方程
- 仅需每源50组观测即可高精度恢复经典方程
- 适用于复杂边界与异质系数场景,适合科研自动化发现
从观测数据直接发现支配方程是实现可解释科学机器学习的关键。现有数据驱动方法通常仅依赖单一数据集,在观测受限时性能受限。实际中,同一物理系统常有多个数据集,仅初始或边界条件不同。本文提出竞争优化框架MCO-PDE,从多源数据中联合发现共享偏微分方程(PDE)。该框架先为各数据源训练独立神经代理模型,再通过软竞争加权机制动态评估数据可信度,并聚合生成全局系数共识。结合遗传算法进行结构搜索,可同时确定方程的函数形式与参数。在七个案例中,每源仅需50组观测即能高精度恢复经典方程。该框架天然适用于二维、三维不规则边界及异质系数域,成功从真实波浪水池实验中提取出物理意义明确的定律。整体上,本工作为异构数据融合驱动的自动科学发现提供了可行路径。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Discovering governing equations directly from observational data is a key step towards interpretable scientific machine learning. Current data-driven approaches typically operate on a single dataset, inherently limiting their performance when faced with restricted observations. In practice, multiple datasets are often available for the same physical system, distinguished only by distinct initial conditions or boundary configurations. Here, we present a competitive optimization framework designed to discover shared partial differential equations (PDEs) from multi-source datasets, termed MCO-PDE. The framework first trains independent neural surrogates for each data source, and then employs a soft-competitive weighting mechanism to dynamically assess dataset credibility and aggregate a consensus global coefficient. Integrated with a genetic algorithm for structural search, this approach simultaneously identifies the functional forms and parameters of the governing laws. We demonstrate that fusing as few as 50 observations per dataset across seven cases recovers canonical equations with high accuracy. The framework inherently handles two- and three-dimensional domains characterized by irregular boundaries and heterogeneous coefficients, and successfully extracts physically meaningful laws from real-world wave-tank experiments. Overall, this work establishes a promising route for automated scientific discovery via heterogeneous data fusion.
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