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Abstract - Guided Flow Matching for Forward and Inverse PDE Problems with Sparse Observations: Algorithm and Theory
Reconstructing PDE solutions from sparse observations is a core challenge in scientific computing. We present FM4PDE, a flow-matching generative framework that learns the joint distribution of PDE coefficients (or initial states) and solutions (or final states), enabling both forward simulation and inverse recovery with limited paired data. At inference, sampling is guided by a composite loss that enforces agreement with sparse measurements and reduces the PDE residual; we support deterministic, stochastic, and hybrid samplers. We provide error guarantees for these guided procedures. For the deterministic optimizer, a coercivity condition ensures trajectory boundedness and a phase-wise contraction yields logarithmic complexity in the target accuracy. For the stochastic sampler, we introduce adaptive guidance and assume dissipativity of the velocity field to obtain uniform moment bounds independent of the noise-floor parameter. This leads to polynomial-time error bounds, and a matching lower bound shows constant guidance induces an unavoidable positive bias, motivating adaptivity. A hybrid deterministic-stochastic analysis is also provided. Experiments on static and time-dependent benchmark PDEs demonstrate competitive accuracy and faster inference than diffusion-based generative models.
面向稀疏观测的偏微分方程正反问题的引导流匹配:算法与理论 /
Guided Flow Matching for Forward and Inverse PDE Problems with Sparse Observations: Algorithm and Theory
1️⃣ 一句话总结
本文提出了一种基于流匹配的生成式框架(FM4PDE),能够从少量配对的稀疏观测数据中学习偏微分方程系数与解之间的联合分布,并通过引导采样实现高精度的正向模拟和逆向重建任务,同时从理论上证明了确定性、随机性和混合型采样器的误差收敛特性。