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Co4ICF framework enhances fusion simulations with co-evolving AI models

Researchers have developed Co4ICF, a novel framework that integrates a physics-informed surrogate model with a Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO)-based pulse optimizer. This co-evolving approach addresses the issue of out-of-distribution predictions in offline-trained surrogate models for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF). By iteratively fine-tuning the surrogate on data generated by the optimizer, Co4ICF corrects extrapolation errors and improves prediction reliability. In simulations, Co4ICF achieved a 146.1% normalized yield in the MULTI environment and a 246.9% normalized yield when evaluated in a more complex 2D-MULTI setting, demonstrating the effectiveness of its co-evolving mechanism. AI

IMPACT This framework could accelerate research and optimization in complex scientific simulations like fusion energy.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Jiatong Zhao, Tengyue Zhang, Yuhan Wang, Fuyuan Wu, Junchi Yan ·

    Co4ICF: Co-evolving Physics-Informed Surrogate and RL-based Pulse Optimizer for Inertial Confinement Fusion

    arXiv:2607.10366v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Offline-trained surrogates for Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) suffer a well-known failure mode that iterative optimizers drive inputs into out-of-distribution (OOD) regions where predictions become unreliable. Here we present Co4…