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In this paper, we propose a class of high-order and energy-stable implicit-explicit relaxation Runge-Kutta (IMEX RRK) schemes for solving the phase-field gradient flow models. By incorporating the scalar auxiliary variable (SAV) method, the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-26 Yuxiu Cheng , Kun Wang , Kai Yang

We present a paradigm for developing arbitrarily high order, linear, unconditionally energy stable numerical algorithms for gradient flow models. We apply the energy quadratization (EQ) technique to reformulate the general gradient flow…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Yuezheng Gong , Jia Zhao , Qi Wang

Gradient descent optimization algorithms, while increasingly popular, are often used as black-box optimizers, as practical explanations of their strengths and weaknesses are hard to come by. This article aims to provide the reader with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-06-16 Sebastian Ruder

We propose a fast second-order method that can be used as a drop-in replacement for current deep learning solvers. Compared to stochastic gradient descent (SGD), it only requires two additional forward-mode automatic differentiation…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-05-22 João F. Henriques , Sebastien Ehrhardt , Samuel Albanie , Andrea Vedaldi

We study the inverse problem of radiative transfer equation (RTE) using stochastic gradient descent method (SGD) in this paper. Mathematically, optical tomography amounts to recovering the optical parameters in RTE using the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-04 Ke Chen , Qin Li , Jian-Guo Liu

The gradient descent method aims at finding local minima of a given multivariate function by moving along the direction of its gradient, and hence, the algorithm typically involves computing all partial derivatives of a given function,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-25 Nhat A. Nghiem

In this work we present a new class of Runge-Kutta (RK) methods for solving systems of hyperbolic equations with a particular structure, generalization of a wave-equation. The new methods are {\it partially implicit} in the sense that a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-11-10 Isabel Cordero-Carrión , Pablo Cerdá-Durán

We introduce a family of stochastic optimization methods based on the Runge-Kutta-Chebyshev (RKC) schemes. The RKC methods are explicit methods originally designed for solving stiff ordinary differential equations by ensuring that their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-01 Tony Stillfjord , Måns Williamson

We propose a reduced-order modeling approach for nonlinear, parameter-dependent ordinary differential equations (ODE). Dimensionality reduction is achieved using nonlinear maps represented by autoencoders. The resulting low-dimensional ODE…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-16 Enrico Ballini , Marco Gambarini , Alessio Fumagalli , Luca Formaggia , Anna Scotti , Paolo Zunino

Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE) are a promising approach to learn dynamic models from time-series data in science and engineering applications. This work aims at learning Neural ODE for stiff systems, which are usually raised…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-10-04 Suyong Kim , Weiqi Ji , Sili Deng , Yingbo Ma , Christopher Rackauckas

Scientific machine learning is an emerging field that broadly describes the combination of scientific computing and machine learning to address challenges in science and engineering. Within the context of differential equations, this has…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Laurens R. Lueg , Victor Alves , Daniel Schicksnus , John R. Kitchin , Carl D. Laird , Lorenz T. Biegler

Deep neural networks (DNNs) are vulnerable to adversarial examples obtained by adding small perturbations to original examples. The added perturbations in existing attacks are mainly determined by the gradient of the loss function with…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Chen Wan , Fangjun Huang

Deep neural networks have become invaluable tools for supervised machine learning, e.g., classification of text or images. While often offering superior results over traditional techniques and successfully expressing complicated patterns in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-02-19 Eldad Haber , Lars Ruthotto

The derivation of second-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs) as continuous-time limits of optimization algorithms has been shown to be an effective tool for the analysis of these algorithms. Additionally, discretizing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-29 Rachel Walker , Emily Zhang

Neural network optimization remains one of the most consequential yet poorly understood challenges in modern AI research, where improvements in training algorithms can lead to enhanced feature learning in foundation models,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Ansh Nagwekar

Optimization theory serves as a pivotal scientific instrument for achieving optimal system performance, with its origins in economic applications to identify the best investment strategies for maximizing benefits. Over the centuries, from…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Yuhan Ma , Dan Sun , Erdi Gao , Ningjing Sang , Iris Li , Guanming Huang

Stiff systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) are pervasive in many science and engineering fields, yet standard neural ODE approaches struggle to learn them. This limitation is the main barrier to the widespread adoption of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-10-10 Colby Fronk , Linda Petzold

Stiff systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and sparse training data are common in scientific problems. This paper describes efficient, implicit, vectorized methods for integrating stiff systems of ordinary differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-16 Mark C. Messner , Tianchen Hu , Tianju Chen

Continuous deep learning models, referred to as Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (Neural ODEs), have received considerable attention over the last several years. Despite their burgeoning impact, there is a lack of formal analysis…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-15 Diego Manzanas Lopez , Patrick Musau , Nathaniel Hamilton , Taylor T. Johnson

Gradient-based algorithms, popular strategies to optimization problems, are essential for many modern machine-learning techniques. Theoretically, extreme points of certain cost functions can be found iteratively along the directions of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 Keren Li , Pan Gao , Shijie Wei , Jiancun Gao , Guilu Long