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Yu Yang, Helin Gong, Qiaolin He, Qihong Yang, Yangtao Deng, Shiquan Zhang
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 198 | Number 5 | May 2024 | Pages 1075-1096
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2236840
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We performed uncertainty analysis and further numerical studies on the data-enabled physics-informed neural network (DEPINN). The purpose of DEPINN is to accurately and efficiently use a small amount of prior data to solve the neutron diffusion eigenvalue equations based on the physics-informed neural network. However, in practical engineering experiments, these prior data are acquired through different kinds of sensors, which are inevitably polluted by noise. Numerical results of three typical benchmark problems show that the classical DEPINN is not so robust with respect to noise. To improve the noise robustness, we propose an interval loss function to deal with the noisy prior data term; the weight of the noisy prior data term is also set to be noise dependent. Numerical results show that the proposed framework effectively enhances the robustness of DEPINN and improves the efficiency of utilizing the noisy prior data and thus promotes the engineering application of DEPINN.