Simulation of action potential propagation based on the ghost structure method

Physics-informed neural networks based on adaptive weighted loss functions for Hamilton-Jacobi equations

Physics-informed neural networks (PINN) have lately become a research hotspot in the interdisciplinary field of machine learning and computational mathematics thanks to the flexibility in tackling forward and inverse problems. In this work, we explore the generality of the PINN training algorithm for solving Hamilton-Jacobi equations, and propose physics-informed neural networks based on adaptive weighted loss functions (AW-PINN) that is trained to solve unsupervised learning tasks with fewer training data while physical information constraints are imposed during the training process. To balance the contributions from different constrains automatically, the AW-PINN training algorithm adaptively update the weight coefficients of different loss terms by using the logarithmic mean to avoid additional hyperparameter. Moreover, the proposed AW-PINN algorithm imposes the periodicity requirement on the boundary condition and its gradient. The fully connected feedforward neural networks are considered and the optimizing procedure is taken as the Adam optimizer for some steps followed by the L-BFGS-B optimizer. The series of numerical experiments illustrate that the proposed algorithm effectively achieves noticeable improvements in predictive accuracy and the convergence rate of the total training error, and can approximate the solution even when the Hamiltonian is nonconvex. A comparison between the proposed algorithm and the original PINN algorithm for Hamilton-Jacobi equations indicates that the proposed AW-PINN algorithm can train the solutions more accurately with fewer iterations.

Lag synchronization of coupled time-delayed FitzHugh-Nagumo neural networks via feedback control

Synchronization plays a significant role in information transfer and decision-making by neurons and brain neural networks. The development of control strategies for synchronizing a network of chaotic neurons with time delays, different direction-dependent coupling (unidirectional and bidirectional), and noise, particularly under external disturbances, is an essential and very challenging task. Researchers have extensively studied the synchronization mechanism of two coupled time-delayed neurons with bidirectional coupling and without incorporating the effect of noise, but not for time-delayed neural networks. To overcome these limitations, this study investigates the synchronization problem in a network of coupled FitzHugh-Nagumo (FHN) neurons by incorporating time delays, different direction-dependent coupling (unidirectional and bidirectional), noise, and ionic and external disturbances in the mathematical models. More specifically, this study investigates the synchronization of time-delayed unidirectional and bidirectional ring-structured FHN neuronal systems with and without external noise. Different gap junctions and delay parameters are used to incorporate time-delay dynamics in both neuronal networks. We also investigate the influence of the time delays between connected neurons on synchronization conditions. Further, to ensure the synchronization of the time-delayed FHN neuronal networks, different adaptive control laws are proposed for both unidirectional and bidirectional neuronal networks. In addition, necessary and sufficient conditions to achieve synchronization are provided by employing the Lyapunov stability theory. The results of numerical simulations conducted for different-sized multiple networks of time-delayed FHN neurons verify the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive control schemes.