Learning solutions to partial differential equations using LS-SVM

Siamak Mehrkanoon*, Johan A. K. Suykens

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Abstract

This paper proposes an approach based on Least Squares Support Vector Machines (LS-SVMs) for solving second order partial differential equations (PDEs) with variable coefficients. Contrary to most existing techniques, the proposed method provides a closed form approximate solution. The optimal representation of the solution is obtained in the primal-dual setting. The model is built by incorporating the initial/boundary conditions as constraints of an optimization problem. The developed method is well suited for problems involving singular, variable and constant coefficients as well as problems with irregular geometrical domains. Numerical results for linear and nonlinear PDEs demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method over existing methods. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)105-116
Number of pages12
JournalNeurocomputing
Volume159
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Least squares support vector machines
  • Partial differential equations
  • Closed form approximate solution
  • Collocation method
  • FEEDFORWARD NEURAL-NETWORKS
  • BOUNDARY-VALUE-PROBLEMS
  • SYSTEMS

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