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A novel hybrid neural network for modeling dynamic systems using physics-informed regularization

2025· article· en· W4411582731 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Process Control · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPhysics and Astronomy
TopicModel Reduction and Neural Networks
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Alberta
FundersScience and Engineering Research BoardNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaCanada First Research Excellence FundUniversity of Alberta
KeywordsRegularization (linguistics)Artificial neural networkComputer scienceArtificial intelligenceControl engineeringPhysicsEngineering

Abstract

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Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) are very popular due to their ability to incorporate first-principles knowledge in traditional neural network models. However, many applications of traditional PINNs in chemical process modeling treat time as an explicit input, rendering them incompatible with a process control framework. In contrast, more advanced approaches for modeling dynamic systems with process control in mind, such as Physics-Informed Recurrent Neural Networks (PI-RNNs), demand high computational resources for both training and implementation. As a solution, we propose a hybrid Physics-Informed Nonlinear Auto-Regressive with eXogenous inputs (PI-NARX) model that is accurate, computationally efficient, and inherits the desired properties of hybrid models. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach with a case study based on a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor. The proposed hybrid model reduces the Mean Absolute Error by 17% for interpolation and 19.5% for extrapolation over the traditional data-driven NARX model. Additionally, we demonstrate the enhanced performance of PI-NARX over NARX in cases of practical importance, such as when limited data or limited process knowledge is available, and in the presence of noisy measurements, indicating the practicality and effectiveness of hybrid machine learning for real-world systems. We also benchmark the performance of the PI-NARX model against that of a PI-RNN, and demonstrate that the PI-NARX model outperforms the PI-RNN in terms of computational efficiency and prediction accuracy.

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metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.929
Threshold uncertainty score0.482

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

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Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
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Opus teacher head0.019
GPT teacher head0.291
Teacher spread0.272 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it