Special Session 151: Encounter and Merging of Mesh-based Methods and Meshless Methods in the Era of Machine Learning

A morphology-adaptive random feature method for inverse source problem of the Helmholtz equation
Haijun Yu
Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science
Peoples Rep of China
Co-Author(s):    Xinwei Hu, Jingrun Chen and Haijun Yu
Abstract:
We propose a Morphology-Adaptive Random Feature Method (MARFM), a novel two-phase framework that adaptively locates critical regions and adds morphology activation functions for tackling the multi-frequency inverse source problem for the Helmholtz equation with complex geometry. Our framework recasts the ill-posed inverse problem into a well-posed, strictly convex optimization problem by reformulating the governing Helmholtz equation as a Tikhonov-regularized integral equation via its fundamental solution. In the first stage, the Integral Adaptive RFM (IA-RFM), employs an adaptive algorithm to rapidly localize the source support, thereby reducing computational overhead and accelerating convergence. In the second stage, posterior geometric information is progressively integrated into the solver via hybrid basis functions, enabling a precise reconstruction of complex morphologies. The MA-RFM extends the capabilities of RFM to handle PDEs with singular solutions while preserving its mesh-free efficiency. We demonstrate the superior performance of our approach through ample challenging 2D and 3D benchmark problems, even under limited and noisy measurement conditions, highlighting its robustness and accuracy in reconstructing complex and disjoint sources.