Advancing wave equation analysis in dual-continuum systems: A partial learning approach with discrete empirical interpolation and deep neural networks

Abstract

In this work, we propose a partial learning approach using partially explicit discretization for solving the wave equations. The considered mathematical model involves a dual-continuum system of hyperbolic second-order partial differential equations. We employ a finite element method for spatial approximation, while for temporal approximation, we utilize a partially explicit scheme. Specifically, we adopt the explicit scheme for the low-conductive continuum and the implicit scheme for the high-conductive continuum.Our proposed method’s key idea lies in employing a partial learning approach to remove the necessity of finding the difficult-to-compute (implicit) part of the solution. Instead of attempting a full training of the numerical solution, we focus on training only a portion of it that requires the most computational cost. We use a proper orthogonal decomposition with a discrete empirical interpolation method to facilitate machine learning. By employing these methods, we can train a deep neural network to predict the values of the implicit part of the solution at specific observed locations and then restore the field.We consider a two-dimensional model problem in heterogeneous media to test the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The numerical results demonstrate that our partial learning approach yields a satisfactory approximation. By combining the reduced-order modeling techniques, the partially explicit time scheme, and the deep neural network, we removed the necessity of finding the difficult-to-compute part of the solution while maintaining high accuracy.