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A deep learning approach for the solution of probability density evolution of stochastic systems

Pourtakdoust, S. H ; Sharif University of Technology | 2022

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1016/j.strusafe.2022.102256
  3. Publisher: Elsevier B.V , 2022
  4. Abstract:
  5. Derivation of the probability density evolution provides invaluable insight into the behavior of many stochastic systems and their performance. However, for most real-time applications, numerical determination of the probability density evolution is a formidable task. The latter is due to the required temporal and spatial discretization schemes that render most computational solutions prohibitive and impractical. In this respect, the development of an efficient computational surrogate model is of paramount importance. Recent studies on the physics-constrained networks show that a suitable surrogate can be achieved by encoding the physical insight into a deep neural network. To this aim, the present work introduces DeepPDEM which utilizes the concept of physics-informed networks to solve the evolution of the probability density via proposing a deep learning method. DeepPDEM learns the General Density Evolution Equation (GDEE) of stochastic structures. This approach paves the way for a mesh-free learning method that can solve the density evolution problem without prior simulation data. Moreover, it can also serve as an efficient surrogate for the solution at any other spatiotemporal points within optimization schemes or real-time applications. To demonstrate the potential applicability of the proposed framework, two network architectures with different activation functions as well as two optimizers are investigated. Numerical implementation on three different problems verifies the accuracy and efficacy of the proposed method. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
  6. Keywords:
  7. Deep Neural Network (DNN) ; General Density Evolution Equation (GDEE) ; Physics Informed Neural Network (PINN) ; Probability Density Evolution Method (PDEM) ; Probability evolution ; Deep neural networks ; Differential equations ; Learning systems ; Network architecture ; Numerical methods ; Probability ; Deep neural network ; Density evolution ; Density evolution method ; Evolution equations ; General density evolution equation ; Neural-networks ; Physic informed neural network ; Probability density evolution method ; Probability density evolutions ; Stochastic systems
  8. Source: Structural Safety ; Volume 99 , 2022 ; 01674730 (ISSN)
  9. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167473022000650