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The work in this paper is four-fold. Firstly, we introduce an alternative approach to solve fractional ordinary differential equations as an expected value of a random time process. Using the latter, we present an interesting numerical…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-12-28 Tamer Oraby , Harrinson Arrubla , Erwin Suazo

In this paper, we develop a highly parallel and derivative-free fractional neural walk-on-spheres method (FNWoS) for solving high-dimensional fractional Poisson equations on irregular domains. We first propose a simplified fractional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-02 Ling Guo , Mingxin Qin , Changtao Sheng , Hao Wu , Fanhai Zeng

Partial differential equation is a powerful tool to characterize various physics systems. In practice, measurement errors are often present and probability models are employed to account for such uncertainties. In this paper, we present a…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-05-23 Xiaoou Li , Jingchen Liu

We are concerned with the numerical resolution of backward stochastic differential equations. We propose a new numerical scheme based on iterative regressions on function bases, which coefficients are evaluated using Monte Carlo…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Emmanuel Gobet , Jean-Philippe Lemor , Xavier Warin

The numerical solution methods for partial differential equation (PDE) solution allow obtaining a discrete field that converges towards the solution if the method is applied to the correct problem. Nevertheless, the numerical methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-03-04 Alexander Hvatov

A statistical learning approach for parametric PDEs related to Uncertainty Quantification is derived. The method is based on the minimization of an empirical risk on a selected model class and it is shown to be applicable to a broad range…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-07 Martin Eigel , Reinhold Schneider , Philipp Trunschke , Sebastian Wolf

This paper develops a probabilistic numerical method for solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) and studies application of that method to PDE-constrained inverse problems. This approach enables the solution of challenging inverse…

Methodology · Statistics 2017-07-12 Jon Cockayne , Chris Oates , Tim Sullivan , Mark Girolami

The combination of Monte Carlo methods and deep learning has recently led to efficient algorithms for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) in high dimensions. Related learning problems are often stated as variational formulations…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-08 Lorenz Richter , Julius Berner

A discrete random walk method on grids was proposed and used to solve the linearized Poisson-Boltzmann equation (LPBE) \cite{Rammile}. Here, we present a new and efficient grid-free random walk method. Based on a modified `` Walk On…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Chi-Ok Hwang , Michael Mascagni

The differentiable programming paradigm is a cornerstone of modern scientific computing. It refers to numerical methods for computing the gradient of a numerical model's output. Many scientific models are based on differential equations,…

We introduce the Optimizing a Discrete Loss (ODIL) framework for the numerical solution of Partial Differential Equations (PDE) using machine learning tools. The framework formulates numerical methods as a minimization of discrete residuals…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-23 Petr Karnakov , Sergey Litvinov , Petros Koumoutsakos

Shape calculus concerns the calculation of directional derivatives of some quantity of interest, typically expressed as an integral. This article introduces a type of shape calculus based on localized dilation of boundary faces through…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-05-29 Martin Berggren

Efficiently and accurately simulating partial differential equations (PDEs) in and around arbitrarily defined geometries, especially with high levels of adaptivity, has significant implications for different application domains. A key…

Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are fundamental tools for modeling physical phenomena, yet most PDEs of practical interest cannot be solved analytically and require numerical approximations. The feasibility of such numerical methods,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Juan Esteban Suarez Cardona , Holger Boche , Gitta Kutyniok

This paper introduces a new algorithm to approximate smoothed additive functionals for partially observed stochastic differential equations. This method relies on a recent procedure which allows to compute such approximations online, i.e.…

Methodology · Statistics 2018-03-14 Pierre Gloaguen , Marie-Pierre Etienne , Sylvain Le Corff

Enhancing neural networks with knowledge of physical equations has become an efficient way of solving various physics problems, from fluid flow to electromagnetism. Graph neural networks show promise in accurately representing irregularly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-01 Mike Y. Michelis , Robert K. Katzschmann

We propose algorithms for solving high-dimensional Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) that combine a probabilistic interpretation of PDEs, through Feynman-Kac representation, with sparse interpolation. Monte-Carlo methods and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-25 Marie Billaud-Friess , Arthur Macherey , Anthony Nouy , Clémentine Prieur

Approximate inference in high-dimensional, discrete probabilistic models is a central problem in computational statistics and machine learning. This paper describes discrete particle variational inference (DPVI), a new approach that…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-12-08 Ardavan Saeedi , Tejas D Kulkarni , Vikash Mansinghka , Samuel Gershman

The numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) is challenging because of the need to resolve spatiotemporal features over wide length and timescales. Often, it is computationally intractable to resolve the finest features…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2019-08-22 Yohai Bar-Sinai , Stephan Hoyer , Jason Hickey , Michael P. Brenner

Solving elliptic partial differential equations (PDEs) is a fundamental step in various scientific and engineering studies. As a classic stochastic solver, the Walk-on-Spheres (WoS) method is a well-established and efficient algorithm that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Silei Song , Arash Fahim , Michael Mascagni