Quasi-Monte Carlo Sampling for Solving Partial Differential Equations by Deep Neural Networks

Quasi-Monte Carlo Sampling for Solving Partial Differential Equations by Deep Neural Networks

Year:    2021

Author:    Jingrun Chen, Panchi Li, Rui Du, Liyao Lyu, Panchi Li, Liyao Lyu

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 14 (2021), Iss. 2 : pp. 377–404

Abstract

Solving partial differential equations in high dimensions by deep neural networks has brought significant attentions in recent years. In many scenarios, the loss function is defined as an integral over a high-dimensional domain. Monte-Carlo method, together with a deep neural network, is used to overcome the curse of dimensionality, while classical methods fail. Often, a neural network outperforms classical numerical methods in terms of both accuracy and efficiency. In this paper, we propose to use quasi-Monte Carlo sampling, instead of Monte-Carlo method to approximate the loss function. To demonstrate the idea, we conduct numerical experiments in the framework of deep Ritz method. For the same accuracy requirement, it is observed that quasi-Monte Carlo sampling reduces the size of training data set by more than two orders of magnitude compared to that of Monte-Carlo method. Under some assumptions, we can prove that quasi-Monte Carlo sampling together with the deep neural network generates a convergent series with rate proportional to the approximation accuracy of quasi-Monte Carlo method for numerical integration. Numerically the fitted convergence rate is a bit smaller, but the proposed approach always outperforms Monte Carlo method.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.OA-2020-0062

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 14 (2021), Iss. 2 : pp. 377–404

Published online:    2021-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    28

Keywords:    Quasi-Monte Carlo sampling deep Ritz method loss function convergence analysis.

Author Details

Jingrun Chen

Panchi Li

Rui Du

Liyao Lyu

Panchi Li

Liyao Lyu

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