Neural network augmented inverse problems for PDEs

12/27/2017

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by   Jens Berg, et al.

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In this paper we show how to augment classical methods for inverse problems with artificial neural networks. The neural network acts as a parametric container for the coefficient to be estimated from noisy data. Neural networks are global, smooth function approximators and as such they do not require regularization of the error functional to recover smooth solutions and coefficients. We give detailed examples using the Poisson equation in 1, 2, and 3 space dimensions and show that the neural network augmentation is robust with respect to noisy data, mesh, and geometry.