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Discovery and inversion of the viscoelastic wave equation in inhomogeneous media

2024/09/27 by Su Chen, Yi Ding, Chen, Su +4
Chemical Engineering · Engineering · #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Physical sciences #Geophysics (physics.geo-ph) #Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering #Machine Learning (cs.LG) #Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2409.18370

openalex publication_date 2024/09/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

In scientific machine learning, the task of identifying partial differential equations accurately from sparse and noisy data poses a significant challenge. Current sparse regression methods may identify inaccurate equations on sparse and noisy datasets and are not suitable for varying coefficients. To address this issue, we propose a hybrid framework that combines two alternating direction optimization phases: discovery and embedding. The discovery phase employs current well-developed sparse regression techniques to preliminarily identify governing equations from observations. The embedding phase implements a recurrent convolutional neural network (RCNN), enabling efficient processes for time-space iterations involved in discretized forms of wave equation. The RCNN model further optimizes the imperfect sparse regression results to obtain more accurate functional terms and coefficients. Through alternating update of discovery-embedding phases, essential physical equations can be robustly identified from noisy and low-resolution measurements. To assess the performance of proposed framework, numerical experiments are conducted on various scenarios involving wave equation in elastic/viscoelastic and homogeneous/inhomogeneous media. The results demonstrate that the proposed method exhibits excellent robustness and accuracy, even when faced with high levels of noise and limited data availability in both spatial and temporal domains.

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