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A neural network solution of first-passage problems

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  • 1 College of Civil Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, Fujian Province, China
    2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, U. S. A.
Lincong CHEN, E-mail: lincongchen@hqu.edu.cn

Received date: 2024-07-18

  Online published: 2024-10-30

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the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11972070);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12072118);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12372029);the Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars of the Fujian Province of China(2021J06024);Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11972070, 12072118, and 12372029) and the Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars of the Fujian Province of China (No. 2021J06024)

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Editorial Department of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), 2024,

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel method for solving the first-passage time probability problem of nonlinear stochastic dynamic systems. The safe domain boundary is exactly imposed into the radial basis function neural network (RBF-NN) architecture such that the solution is an admissible function of the boundary-value problem. In this way, the neural network solution can automatically satisfy the safe domain boundaries and no longer requires adding the corresponding loss terms, thus efficiently handling structure failure problems defined by various safe domain boundaries. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated through three nonlinear stochastic examples defined by different safe domains, and the results are validated against the extensive Monte Carlo simulations (MCSs).

Cite this article

Jiamin QIAN, Lincong CHEN, J. Q. SUN . A neural network solution of first-passage problems[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2024 , 45(11) : 2023 -2036 . DOI: 10.1007/s10483-024-3189-8

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