提出物理约束的核方法,理论保证可学习复杂物理系统。
PIKS: Universal Physics-Informed Kernel Methods

- 用核方法结合微分算子约束,避免神经网络复杂性
- 证明通用核下估计器渐近收敛且满足物理规律
- 适合需要理论保证的物理建模场景
物理信息机器学习将物理规律(常以微分算子形式表达)融入数据驱动模型。尽管物理信息神经网络(PINNs)在实践中占主导地位,但其网络结构与优化景观的复杂性阻碍了相应学习理论的发展。相比之下,核方法具有闭式解和解析可处理性,但现有理论主要局限于目标函数属于原生再生核希尔伯特空间(RKHS)的理想情形,对物理问题中常见的不规则目标假设过强。本文提出并分析了物理信息核方法(PIKS)。我们证明了对于线性微分约束,使用通用核(如高斯或Matérn核)时,估计器在样本量趋于无穷时能渐近学习到真实目标并满足物理约束。进一步在合适源条件下方差界成立。分析基于将经典核方法算子理论拓展至物理信息学习框架。数值实验表明,PIKS在性能上可媲美PINNs和传统有限元方法。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Physics-informed machine learning incorporates physical principles --often expressed via differential operators-- into data-driven models. While physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) dominate empirical applications, the complexity of neural network architectures and optimization landscapes hinders the development of a corresponding learning theory. In turn, kernel methods offer an appealing alternative with closed-form solutions and analytical tractability, yet existing guarantees primarily cover the well-specified setting where the target belongs to the native Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space (RKHS). This imposes unrealistic regularity assumptions that physical targets often fail to satisfy. In this paper, we introduce and analyze Physics-Informed Kernel methodS (PIKS). We establish the universal consistency of PIKS for linear differential constraints, proving that for universal kernels (such as Gaussian or Matérn), the estimator asymptotically learns the target while satisfying physical constraints. We further derive finite-sample bounds under suitable source conditions. Our analysis is based on extending classical operator-theoretic analysis of kernel methods to physics-informed machine learning. Numerical experiments demonstrate that PIKS can be competitive with PINNs and traditional finite element methods.
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