Boosted Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Solving Homogeneous and Non-Homogeneous Lane-Emden Type Equations
Abstract
The Lane-Emden Equation is a class of nonlinear differential equations commonly used to model phenomena in astrophysics and mathematical physics, such as stellar structure and thermal behavior in polytropic gas spheres. This study presents a novel hybrid framework that integrates Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) with boosting methods to enhance the accuracy and robustness of solutions for Lane-Emden type differential equations. Standard PINNs leverage physical laws encoded within the loss function, but their predictive performance can be constrained by optimization challenges and approximation errors. To address this, we introduce a post-processing boosting stage where the residual errors from the PINN prediction are modeled using some regression algorithms - including LightGBM, Random Forest, XGBoost, and Support Vector Regression (SVR). The outputs from these boosted models are aggregated to generate a corrected, high-fidelity prediction. The proposed methodology is systematically validated through quantitative metrics and comparative analysis against the standard PINN baseline. The results demonstrate that the boosted PINN framework significantly reduces prediction error, and improves generalization, offering a powerful and flexible approach for solving scientific and engineering problems governed by differential equations.
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BibTeX
@misc{joel2026boosted,
title = {{Boosted Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Solving Homogeneous and Non-Homogeneous Lane-Emden Type Equations}},
author = {Luke Oluwaseye Joel},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2611.00701},
eprint = {2611.00701},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.00701},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Boosted Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Solving Homogeneous and Non-Homogeneous Lane-Emden Type Equations
AU - Luke Oluwaseye Joel
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/11/01
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2611.00701
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.00701
AB - The Lane-Emden Equation is a class of nonlinear differential equations commonly used to model phenomena in astrophysics and mathematical physics, such as stellar structure and thermal behavior in polytropic gas spheres. This study presents a novel hybrid framework that integrates Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) with boosting methods to enhance the accuracy and robustness of solutions for Lane-Emden type differential equations. Standard PINNs leverage physical laws encoded within the loss function, but their predictive performance can be constrained by optimization challenges and approximation errors. To address this, we introduce a post-processing boosting stage where the residual errors from the PINN prediction are modeled using some regression algorithms - including LightGBM, Random Forest, XGBoost, and Support Vector Regression (SVR). The outputs from these boosted models are aggregated to generate a corrected, high-fidelity prediction. The proposed methodology is systematically validated through quantitative metrics and comparative analysis against the standard PINN baseline. The results demonstrate that the boosted PINN framework significantly reduces prediction error, and improves generalization, offering a powerful and flexible approach for solving scientific and engineering problems governed by differential equations.
ER -