Generative modeling of Sparse Approximate Inverse Preconditioners
This work addresses the challenge of efficient preconditioning for mesh-based systems in computational science, offering a novel approach that could accelerate simulations.
The paper tackles the problem of generating sparse approximate inverse preconditioners for elliptic differential operators by introducing a deep learning paradigm that learns a distribution of high-performance preconditioners from a low-dimensional subspace, achieving promising results on finite element discretizations.
We present a new deep learning paradigm for the generation of sparse approximate inverse (SPAI) preconditioners for matrix systems arising from the mesh-based discretization of elliptic differential operators. Our approach is based upon the observation that matrices generated in this manner are not arbitrary, but inherit properties from differential operators that they discretize. Consequently, we seek to represent a learnable distribution of high-performance preconditioners from a low-dimensional subspace through a carefully-designed autoencoder, which is able to generate SPAI preconditioners for these systems. The concept has been implemented on a variety of finite element discretizations of second- and fourth-order elliptic partial differential equations with highly promising results.