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Neural-network energy landscape — Müller-Brown potential¶
Infer the 2D energy landscape of the Müller-Brown potential surface
with a neural network (multi-layer perceptron), built entirely from
SFI’s compositional basis operations, and compare with polynomial-basis
inference. Both models fit the potential \(U(\mathbf{x})\) —
a scalar (rank-0) expression — and obtain the force by automatic
differentiation, \(\mathbf{F} = -\nabla U\) via .d_x(), so the
fitted force fields are conservative by construction.
Note
This is an advanced example: it fits a nonlinear-in-θ force
family with the parametric estimator (infer_force()), which runs
frozen-precision L-BFGS for PSF models. Start with the main
gallery if you are new to SFI.
This example demonstrates:
Building an MLP potential by chaining
.rank_to_features(),.dense(), and.elementwisemap()on aBasisobject — a natural dim → H → H → 1 architecture — and differentiating it with.d_x().Running
infer_forceon the resulting parametric state function (PSF) — the nonlinear-in-θ L-BFGS path.The same trick at zero extra cost in the linear route: a scalar monomial library differentiated with
.d_x()is a gradient basis, soinfer_force_linear()fits \(U = \sum_i c_i u_i\) directly.
Note
The key compositional operations are:
.rank_to_features()— folds spatial (rank) axes into the feature axis, turning a vector into a flat feature vector..dense(n, weight=…, bias=…)— learnable affine layer on the feature axis..elementwisemap(jnp.tanh)— activation function..d_x()— automatic spatial differentiation: a scalar (rank-0) potential becomes its (rank-1) gradient field, so-U.d_x()is the conservative force of the landscapeU.
Fitting the potential rather than a generic vector field builds the physics in: what the data cannot express as a gradient shows up as residual, not as spurious non-conservative force terms. See Stochastic thermodynamics with SFI for the concepts.
Tags
synthetic · overdamped · nonlinear · neural-network · thermodynamics · 2D · Müller-Brown
System: Müller-Brown potential energy surface¶
The Müller-Brown potential is a classic 2D benchmark from computational chemistry with three local minima connected by two saddle points:
The force is \(\mathbf{F} = -\nabla V\). We rescale by \(\alpha = 0.01\) so that forces are \(\mathcal{O}(1)\).
from SFI.langevin import OverdampedProcess
from SFI.statefunc import make_sf
# Standard Müller-Brown parameters
_A = jnp.array([-200.0, -100.0, -170.0, 15.0])
_a = jnp.array([-1.0, -1.0, -6.5, 0.7])
_b = jnp.array([0.0, 0.0, 11.0, 0.6])
_c = jnp.array([-10.0, -10.0, -6.5, 0.7])
_xbar = jnp.array([1.0, 0.0, -0.5, -1.0])
_ybar = jnp.array([0.0, 0.5, 1.5, 1.0])
ALPHA = 0.01 # rescaling factor
def muller_brown_potential(xy):
"""Müller-Brown potential (rescaled)."""
x, y = xy[0], xy[1]
exponents = (
_a * (x - _xbar) ** 2
+ _b * (x - _xbar) * (y - _ybar)
+ _c * (y - _ybar) ** 2
)
return ALPHA * jnp.sum(_A * jnp.exp(exponents))
_neg_grad_V = jax.grad(lambda xy: -muller_brown_potential(xy))
def mb_force(x):
"""Force F = −∇V for the rescaled Müller-Brown potential."""
return _neg_grad_V(x)
# Simulation parameters
D0 = 0.5
dt = 0.01
Nsteps = 15_000
seed = 42
F_exact = make_sf(mb_force, dim=2, rank=1)
proc = OverdampedProcess(F_exact, D=D0 * jnp.eye(2))
proc.initialize(jnp.array([-0.5, 1.5]))
key = random.PRNGKey(seed)
coll = proc.simulate(dt=dt, Nsteps=Nsteps, key=key, prerun=500, oversampling=10)
Potential landscape and trajectory¶
The contour plot shows the three-well structure (reversed-viridis: bright wells, dark barriers). Thermal noise (\(D = 0.5\)) allows the particle to explore all basins — the trajectory ink concentrates where the particle dwells, i.e. in the wells.
_, X_full, _ = coll.to_arrays(dataset=0) # (T,), (T, N, d), (T, N)
X_traj = np.asarray(X_full[:, 0, :]) # single particle -> (T, 2)
# Bounding box from trajectory (with margin) — used throughout
pad = 0.15
xlo, xhi = float(X_traj[:, 0].min()) - pad, float(X_traj[:, 0].max()) + pad
ylo, yhi = float(X_traj[:, 1].min()) - pad, float(X_traj[:, 1].max()) + pad
# Evaluation grid for potential
xg = np.linspace(xlo, xhi, 120)
yg = np.linspace(ylo, yhi, 120)
XG, YG = np.meshgrid(xg, yg)
pts_grid = jnp.stack([XG.ravel(), YG.ravel()], axis=-1)
V_grid = np.asarray(jax.vmap(muller_brown_potential)(pts_grid)).reshape(XG.shape)
# Data-consistent scales: evaluate along trajectory to set contour/quiver ranges
_X_sub = jnp.array(X_traj[::10])
V_data = np.asarray(jax.vmap(muller_brown_potential)(_X_sub))
F_data_mag = np.linalg.norm(np.asarray(F_exact(_X_sub)), axis=-1)
F_clip = float(np.percentile(F_data_mag, 99)) * 2 # ceiling for quiver arrows
V_lo, V_hi = float(V_data.min()), float(V_data.max())
V_margin = 0.3 * (V_hi - V_lo)
levels = np.linspace(V_lo - V_margin, V_hi + V_margin, 40)
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7, 6))
cs = ax.contourf(XG, YG, V_grid, levels=levels, cmap="viridis_r", extend="both")
phase2d(coll, dims=(0, 1), color="#14213d", alpha=0.15, linewidth=0.3, ax=ax)
ax.set_title("Müller-Brown potential & trajectory")
plt.colorbar(cs, ax=ax, label=r"$V(x, y)$")
plt.show()
Polynomial potential (linear) inference — baseline¶
Write the potential on a scalar monomial library,
\(U = \sum_i c_i\, u_i\) — the constant is dropped, its gradient
is the zero feature — and differentiate the library once:
\(\mathbf{b}_i = -\nabla u_i\) via .d_x(). The force model
\(\mathbf{F} = \sum_i c_i \mathbf{b}_i\) is still linear in the
coefficients, so the closed-form estimator applies unchanged and
returns the energy coefficients directly. Monomials up to degree 6
give 27 potential features (a degree-5 force — the conservative
constraint costs almost nothing relative to a free degree-5 vector
fit); the polynomial captures smooth, low-order trends but cannot
represent the sharp Gaussian channels of the Müller-Brown surface.
from SFI import OverdampedLangevinInference
from SFI.bases import monomials_up_to
poly_order = 6
U_poly_lib = monomials_up_to(
order=poly_order, dim=2, include_constant=False, rank="scalar"
)
B_poly = -(U_poly_lib.d_x()) # b_i = -grad u_i (rank-0 -> rank-1)
inf = OverdampedLangevinInference(coll)
inf.compute_diffusion_constant()
inf.infer_force_linear(B_poly, M_mode="Ito")
inf.compare_to_exact(model_exact=proc, maxpoints=5000)
nmse_poly = float(inf.NMSE_force)
force_poly = inf.force_inferred
theta_poly = jnp.asarray(inf.force_coefficients_full)
def U_poly(pts):
"""Fitted polynomial potential U = sum_i c_i u_i."""
return np.asarray(U_poly_lib(pts)) @ np.asarray(theta_poly)
inf.print_report()
--- StochasticForceInference Report ---
Average diffusion tensor:
[[0.45851895 0.00678546]
[0.00678546 0.46321774]]
Measurement noise tensor:
[[ 3.5211002e-04 -4.9641501e-05]
[-4.9641509e-05 2.2957200e-04]]
Normalized MSE (force): 1.2780
Normalized MSE (diffusion): 0.0075
Force Coefficient Table
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Label Coefficient Sig
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
0 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0)) -6.31071e-01 ·
1 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x1)) -8.63615e-01 ·
2 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^2)) -3.37529e-01 ·
3 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0·x1)) 8.92771e-01 ·
4 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x1^2)) 1.68156e+00 ·
5 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^3)) 4.11307e-01 ·
6 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^2·x1)) 1.13218e+00 ·
7 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0·x1^2)) 2.97703e+00 ·
8 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x1^3)) -2.59883e-01 ·
9 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^4)) 5.13787e-01 ·
10 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^3·x1)) -1.07750e+00 ·
11 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^2·x1^2)) 2.01341e+00 ·
12 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0·x1^3)) -7.65019e-01 ·
13 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x1^4)) -8.45582e-01 ·
14 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^5)) 2.15710e-01 ·
15 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^4·x1)) -8.77543e-01 ·
16 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^3·x1^2)) 3.07597e-01 ·
17 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^2·x1^3)) -1.72996e+00 ·
18 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0·x1^4)) -1.19158e+00 ·
19 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x1^5)) 3.59285e-01 ·
20 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^6)) 4.79046e-02 ·
21 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^5·x1)) -7.02264e-02 ·
22 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^4·x1^2)) 2.57052e-01 ·
23 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^3·x1^3)) 1.92974e-01 ·
24 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0^2·x1^4)) 5.24832e-01 ·
25 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x0·x1^5)) 4.72726e-01 ·
26 <lambda>(∂ₓ(x1^6)) -7.43316e-03 ·
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
27/27 basis functions in support
Neural-network architecture (MLP potential)¶
We build a two-hidden-layer MLP energy entirely within SFI’s expression tree:
Start from position —
X(dim=2)is a rank-1 basis with 1 feature, representing the position vector \(\mathbf{x} \in \mathbb{R}^2\).Flatten to features —
.rank_to_features()folds the spatial axis into features, giving a rank-0 expression withdimfeatures. Now \((x, y)\) lives on the feature axis where dense layers operate.Hidden layers —
dense(32) → tanh → dense(32) → tanh.Scalar head —
dense(1, bias=None)produces the potential \(U_\theta(\mathbf{x})\): rank-0, one feature. No output bias: a constant shift of the energy is pure gauge (the force cannot see it), so we do not fit one.Differentiate —
-U.d_x()is the conservative force \(\mathbf{F}_\theta = -\nabla U_\theta\) — exactly the PSF shapeinfer_force()expects.
This gives a natural 2 → 64 → 64 → 1 MLP for the energy landscape, and the physics guarantees the fitted force is a gradient field.
from SFI.bases import X
dim = 2
H = 32 # hidden layer width
mlp_U = (
X(dim=dim) # rank-1, 1 feature
.rank_to_features() # rank-0, dim features
.dense(H, weight="W1", bias="b1") # rank-0, H features
.elementwisemap(jnp.tanh) # activation
.dense(H, weight="W2", bias="b2") # rank-0, H features
.elementwisemap(jnp.tanh) # activation
.dense(1, weight="W3", bias=None) # rank-0, 1 feature: U(x)
)
mlp = -(mlp_U.d_x()) # rank-1: F = -grad U
n_params = mlp.template.size
print(f"MLP architecture: {dim} → {H} → {H} → 1 (scalar U) ({n_params} parameters)")
MLP architecture: 2 → 32 → 32 → 1 (scalar U) (1184 parameters)
Parameter initialisation¶
Xavier/Glorot initialisation breaks weight symmetry and prevents dead neurons at start-up. Biases are set to zero.
theta0 = {}
init_key = random.PRNGKey(123)
for name, shape in [
("W1", (dim, H)), ("b1", (H,)),
("W2", (H, H)), ("b2", (H,)),
("W3", (H, 1)),
]:
init_key, subkey = random.split(init_key)
if name.startswith("W"):
fan_in, fan_out = shape
std = jnp.sqrt(2.0 / (fan_in + fan_out))
theta0[name] = std * random.normal(subkey, shape)
else:
theta0[name] = jnp.zeros(shape)
NN potential inference (nonlinear optimisation)¶
For a (nonlinear-in-θ) PSF the parametric infer_force() minimises
the exact banded NLL of the single-step flow residuals with
frozen-precision L-BFGS, re-profiling (D, Λ) once at the fitted
parameters. We raise the inner L-BFGS budget for the NN landscape.
A fresh inference object keeps the NN fit cleanly separated from the
linear baseline.
# ``inner="lbfgs"`` selects the frozen-precision route explicitly; for a
# nonlinear-in-θ PSF ``inner="auto"`` already resolves here (Gauss–Newton
# is reserved for linear-in-θ bases, where its errors-in-variables
# instrument is safe). The inner L-BFGS budget is deliberately *shallow*:
# deep inner solves against the provisional frozen precision overfit the
# wrong metric before the (D, Λ) reprofile can correct it (the classic
# IRLS trap; quantified in the companion NN study).
inf_nn = OverdampedLangevinInference(coll)
inf_nn.infer_force(
mlp, theta0,
inner="lbfgs",
inner_maxiter=60,
max_outer=2,
)
inf_nn.compare_to_exact(model_exact=proc, maxpoints=5000)
nmse_nn = float(inf_nn.NMSE_force)
nn_info = inf_nn.metadata["force_parametric_info"]
inf_nn.print_report()
print(f"L-BFGS IRLS: {nn_info['outer_iterations']} outer steps, "
f"best loss = {nn_info['loss']:.6g}")
--- StochasticForceInference Report ---
Average diffusion tensor:
[[ 0.48740944 -0.00604295]
[-0.00604295 0.5008377 ]]
Measurement noise tensor:
[[1.7588618e-04 2.3142933e-05]
[2.3142933e-05 3.1143275e-06]]
Normalized MSE (force): 0.1406
Normalized MSE (diffusion): 0.0005
Force Coefficient Table
───────────────────────────────────────
# Label Coefficient Sig
───────────────────────────────────────
0 b0 -4.08489e-01 ·
1 b1 -7.86125e-01 ·
2 b2 -7.16028e-01 ·
3 b3 7.35161e-01 ·
4 b4 9.47481e-01 ·
5 b5 3.65732e-01 ·
6 b6 4.96895e-01 ·
7 b7 -2.69256e-01 ·
8 b8 1.57508e-01 ·
9 b9 -8.50469e-01 ·
10 b10 1.51544e-01 ·
11 b11 -1.77596e+00 ·
12 b12 1.57769e+00 ·
13 b13 -2.08224e-01 ·
14 b14 -6.41710e-01 ·
15 b15 4.02880e-01 ·
16 b16 3.41451e-01 ·
17 b17 -6.51452e-01 ·
18 b18 1.67974e-01 ·
19 b19 -1.23440e+00 ·
20 b20 -8.63346e-01 ·
21 b21 5.29755e-01 ·
22 b22 -1.25152e+00 ·
23 b23 -1.12777e-01 ·
24 b24 -2.88090e-01 ·
25 b25 -2.74985e-01 ·
26 b26 -4.43185e-01 ·
27 b27 -1.36171e+00 ·
28 b28 -1.00774e+00 ·
...
1155 b1155 1.44580e+00 ·
1156 b1156 -3.18246e-01 ·
1157 b1157 1.83382e+00 ·
1158 b1158 -4.68314e-01 ·
1159 b1159 -7.18116e-01 ·
1160 b1160 9.47730e-01 ·
1161 b1161 9.85791e-01 ·
1162 b1162 1.00983e+00 ·
1163 b1163 1.48505e+00 ·
1164 b1164 -1.51771e+00 ·
1165 b1165 -1.56691e-01 ·
1166 b1166 6.51398e-02 ·
1167 b1167 9.68575e-01 ·
1168 b1168 -1.12787e-01 ·
1169 b1169 -8.86921e-02 ·
1170 b1170 7.35450e-01 ·
1171 b1171 -5.74603e-01 ·
1172 b1172 -1.68082e-01 ·
1173 b1173 1.76319e+00 ·
1174 b1174 1.09448e+00 ·
1175 b1175 -3.33319e-01 ·
1176 b1176 -8.27427e-02 ·
1177 b1177 9.18589e-01 ·
1178 b1178 5.69197e-01 ·
1179 b1179 5.69113e-01 ·
1180 b1180 5.07472e-01 ·
1181 b1181 1.03056e+00 ·
1182 b1182 -5.94096e-01 ·
1183 b1183 2.62390e-01 ·
───────────────────────────────────────
1184/1184 basis functions in support
L-BFGS IRLS: 2 outer steps, best loss = -54818.4
Last-layer Gauss–Newton polish¶
The recommended finishing move: freeze the warm-started network
body and refit the final layer as a linear basis through the
fast Gauss–Newton path. The hidden activations become scalar
potential features \(z_h(\mathbf{x})\) (we add the two linear
tilts \(x, y\)), and one .d_x() turns them into gradient
force features — the last layer’s weights are ordinary linear
coefficients, solved in seconds with proper error bars, and the
polished force is still exactly conservative.
from SFI.statefunc import make_basis
theta_nn = mlp.unflatten_params(inf_nn.force_coefficients_full)
def body_scalars(x, *, mask=None, extras=None):
z = jnp.tanh(theta_nn["W1"].T @ x + theta_nn["b1"])
z = jnp.tanh(theta_nn["W2"].T @ z + theta_nn["b2"])
return jnp.concatenate([z, x]) # (H + dim,) potential features
Z_last = make_basis(body_scalars, dim=dim, rank=0, n_features=H + dim)
B_last = -(Z_last.d_x()) # gradient force features
inf_polish = OverdampedLangevinInference(coll)
inf_polish.infer_force(B_last, eiv=False) # clean data: symmetric GN
inf_polish.compare_to_exact(model_exact=proc, maxpoints=5000)
nmse_polish = float(inf_polish.NMSE_force)
force_nn = inf_polish.force_inferred # use the polished field below
theta_last = np.asarray(inf_polish.force_coefficients_full)
def U_nn(pts):
"""Polished NN potential U = sum_h c_h z_h + c_x x + c_y y."""
return np.asarray(Z_last(pts)) @ theta_last
inf_polish.print_report()
nmse_nn = min(nmse_nn, nmse_polish)
--- StochasticForceInference Report ---
Average diffusion tensor:
[[ 0.5059268 -0.00351347]
[-0.00351347 0.5027457 ]]
Measurement noise tensor:
[[0. 0.]
[0. 0.]]
Normalized MSE (force): 0.1508
Normalized MSE (diffusion): 0.0001
Force Coefficient Table
──────────────────────────────────────
# Label Coefficient Sig
──────────────────────────────────────
0 b0 9.06050e-01 ·
1 b1 -2.49135e+00 ·
2 b2 -1.10219e+00 ·
3 b3 1.46584e+00 ·
4 b4 -1.21468e+00 ·
5 b5 1.58091e+00 ·
6 b6 -1.07236e-01 ·
7 b7 -7.96290e-01 ·
8 b8 3.81479e+00 ·
9 b9 1.20265e+00 ·
10 b10 9.78441e-01 ·
11 b11 1.97168e-01 ·
12 b12 -1.48239e+00 ·
13 b13 7.11337e-02 ·
14 b14 3.01093e+00 ·
15 b15 7.26494e-01 ·
16 b16 6.80293e-01 ·
17 b17 6.78074e-01 ·
18 b18 -5.79014e+01 ·
19 b19 -1.30249e+00 ·
20 b20 7.23482e-03 ·
21 b21 1.72288e+00 ·
22 b22 1.64348e+00 ·
23 b23 8.54643e-02 ·
24 b24 -9.83377e-01 ·
25 b25 1.26237e+00 ·
26 b26 -1.18135e+00 ·
27 b27 -1.36168e+00 ·
28 b28 2.86681e-01 ·
29 b29 9.16480e-01 ·
30 b30 -3.99074e+00 ·
31 b31 -8.91082e+01 ·
32 b32 6.34992e-01 ·
33 b33 -8.78425e-01 ·
──────────────────────────────────────
34/34 basis functions in support
Force field comparison¶
Quiver plots of the true, polynomial, and NN force fields on a regular 2D grid clipped to the region explored by the trajectory. The neural network closely tracks the true force in the narrow saddle regions where the polynomial deteriorates.
# Quiver grid: ``plot_field`` drops arrows in unvisited cells
# (``mask_unvisited``) and caps each arrow at ``F_clip`` (``clip_magnitude``),
# so all three panels share one arrow scale.
Nq = 20
_rad = 0.5 * float((X_traj.max(axis=0) - X_traj.min(axis=0)).max())
arrow_scale = 1.6 * _rad / (Nq - 1) # longest arrow ≈ one grid cell
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(16, 5), sharex=True, sharey=True)
titles = [
"True force",
f"Polynomial potential (deg {poly_order})\nNMSE = {nmse_poly:.3f}",
f"Neural-network potential\nNMSE = {nmse_nn:.3f}",
]
fields = [F_exact, force_poly, force_nn]
colors = [SFI_COLORS["exact"], SFI_COLORS["inferred"], SFI_COLORS["highlight"]]
for ax, title, field, color in zip(axes, titles, fields, colors):
ax.contourf(XG, YG, V_grid, levels=levels, cmap="viridis_r", alpha=0.35,
extend="both")
plt.sca(ax)
plot_field(
coll, field, N=Nq, color=color,
mask_unvisited=True, clip_magnitude=F_clip,
autoscale=True, scale=arrow_scale,
)
ax.set_title(title)
ax.set_xlabel("x")
axes[0].set_ylabel("y")
fig.suptitle("Force field comparison — Müller-Brown potential", fontsize=14)
plt.show()
Inferred energy landscapes¶
Because both models parametrize \(U\) itself, the landscape is a direct read-out of the fit — no line integration needed. Energies are gauge-fixed by subtracting each surface’s mean over the visited region before comparing (an additive constant is unobservable). The polynomial extrapolates wildly outside the data support (contours saturate); the NN stays close to the true three-well topography.
_gauge_pts = jnp.array(X_traj[::10])
U_true_g = np.asarray(jax.vmap(muller_brown_potential)(_gauge_pts)).mean()
U_panels = [
("True potential", V_grid - U_true_g),
(f"Polynomial potential (deg {poly_order})",
U_poly(pts_grid).reshape(XG.shape) - U_poly(_gauge_pts).mean()),
("Neural-network potential",
U_nn(pts_grid).reshape(XG.shape) - U_nn(_gauge_pts).mean()),
]
levels_g = levels - U_true_g
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(16, 5), sharex=True, sharey=True)
for ax, (title, U_grid) in zip(axes, U_panels):
csU = ax.contourf(XG, YG, U_grid, levels=levels_g, cmap="viridis_r",
extend="both")
ax.contour(XG, YG, U_grid, levels=levels_g[::4], colors="white",
linewidths=0.4, alpha=0.5)
ax.set_title(title)
ax.set_xlabel("x")
axes[0].set_ylabel("y")
fig.colorbar(csU, ax=axes, label=r"$U(x,y) - \langle U \rangle_{\rm data}$",
fraction=0.02)
fig.suptitle("Inferred energy landscapes", fontsize=14)
plt.show()
Point-wise force error¶
The error map highlights where each model fails. The polynomial concentrates error near saddle points and channel walls; the NN distributes residual error more uniformly and at a lower level. Cells outside the sampled region saturate at the colour ceiling — both models extrapolate freely there, and the true force itself diverges toward the box corners.
# Shared colour ceiling so the two error maps are directly comparable.
# Set it from the *visited* region (99th percentile along the
# trajectory): the true Müller-Brown force blows up at the unvisited
# box corners, and a max over the full bounding box would flatten all
# of the interesting structure.
_epts = jnp.array(X_traj[::5])
_Fe = np.asarray(F_exact(_epts))
err_vmax = float(max(
np.percentile(np.linalg.norm(np.asarray(force_poly(_epts)) - _Fe, axis=-1), 99),
np.percentile(np.linalg.norm(np.asarray(force_nn(_epts)) - _Fe, axis=-1), 99),
))
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(12, 5), sharex=True, sharey=True)
plot_field_error(coll, force_poly, F_exact, ax=axes[0], cmap="magma_r", vmax=err_vmax)
axes[0].set_title(f"|F_inferred − F_true|: Polynomial (deg {poly_order})")
plot_field_error(coll, force_nn, F_exact, ax=axes[1], cmap="magma_r", vmax=err_vmax)
axes[1].set_title("|F_inferred − F_true|: Neural network")
plt.show()
Summary¶
The MLP energy landscape captures the non-polynomial Gaussian structure of the Müller-Brown surface more faithfully than a degree-6 monomial potential. Parametric SFI refines the polynomial estimate using RK4 splitting and Gauss–Newton, improving accuracy without switching to a neural-network architecture — and every model in the table is conservative by construction.
import time as _time
F_psf_poly = B_poly.to_psf()
theta0_parametric = {"coeff": theta_poly}
inf_parametric = OverdampedLangevinInference(coll)
t0_parametric = _time.perf_counter()
inf_parametric.infer_force(F_psf_poly, theta0_parametric)
t_parametric = _time.perf_counter() - t0_parametric
inf_parametric.compare_to_exact(model_exact=proc, maxpoints=5000)
print()
print(print_model_comparison(
[inf, inf_parametric, inf_polish],
[f"Poly (deg {poly_order})", "Poly + Parametric SFI", "NN (MLP)"],
metrics=["n_params", "NMSE_force"],
extra_cols={"Time (s)": {"Poly + Parametric SFI": round(t_parametric, 1)}},
))
Model Comparison
Model n_params NMSE_force Time (s)
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Poly (deg 6) 27 1.278 —
Poly + Parametric SFI 27 1.546 29
NN (MLP) 34 0.1508 —
Thumbnail¶
stamp_output()
[Generated: 2026-07-17 07:34]
Total running time of the script: (3 minutes 1.608 seconds)