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Solving Diffusion Problems by a Random Feature Method

Solving Diffusion Problems by a Random Feature Method

Year:    2025

Author:    Zijian Mei, Hui Xie, Heng Yong, Zhouwang Yang, Jingrun Chen

East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 15 (2025), Iss. 3 : pp. 439–463

Abstract

Solving diffusion problems requires numerical methods able to capture the heterogeneity over complex geometries and are robust in terms of positivity preserving, nonlinearity, and radiation diffusion. Current deep learning methods, although mesh-free, encounter difficulties in achieving convergence and exhibit low accuracy when confronted with these specific issues. In this paper, we develop a novel method to overcome these issues based on the recently proposed random feature method (RFM). Our contributions include: (1) for anisotropic and discontinuous coefficient problems, we rewrite a diffusion problem into a first-order system and construct the corresponding loss function and approximation spaces; (2) to avoid negative solutions, we employ the square function as the activation function to enforce the positivity and the trust-region least-square solver to solve the corresponding optimization problem; (3) for the radiation diffusion problem, we enrich the approximation space of random feature functions with the heat kernel. Various numerical experiments show that the current method outperforms the standard RFM as well as deep learning methods in terms of accuracy, efficiency, and positivity preserving.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/eajam.2024-070.150524

East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 15 (2025), Iss. 3 : pp. 439–463

Published online:    2025-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    25

Keywords:    Random feature method anisotropic diffusion first-order system positivity preserving radiation diffusion.

Author Details

Zijian Mei

Hui Xie

Heng Yong

Zhouwang Yang

Jingrun Chen