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Using machine learning to replicate chaotic attractors and calculate Lyapunov exponents from data

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Pathak, Jaideep, Lu, Zhixin, Hunt, Brian R., Girvan, Michelle, Ott, Edward·2017·Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science

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We use recent advances in the machine learning area known as “reservoir computing” to formulate a method for model-free estimation from data of the Lyapunov exponents of a chaotic process. The technique uses a limited time series of measurements as input to a high-dimensional dynamical system called a “reservoir.” After the reservoir's response to the data is recorded, linear regression is used to learn a large set of parameters, called the “output weights.” The learned output weights are then used to form a modified autonomous reservoir designed to be capable of producing an arbitrarily long time series whose ergodic properties approximate those of the input signal. When successful, we say that the autonomous reservoir reproduces the attractor's “climate.” Since the reservoir equations and output weights are known, we can compute the derivatives needed to determine the Lyapunov exponents of the autonomous reservoir, which we then use as estimates of the Lyapunov exponents for the original input generating system. We illustrate the effectiveness of our technique with two examples, the Lorenz system and the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky (KS) equation. In the case of the KS equation, we note that the high dimensional nature of the system and the large number of Lyapunov exponents yield a challenging test of our method, which we find the method successfully passes.

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Authors
Pathak, J., Lu, Z., Hunt, B. R., Girvan, M., & Ott, E.
Venue
Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science
Published
2017-12-01
Volume
27
Issue
12
Pages
121102-121102
ISSN
  • 1054-1500 (ISSN-L)
  • 1089-7682
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W2765128778
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620
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journal article
Language
en
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Pathak, J., Lu, Z., Hunt, B. R., Girvan, M., & Ott, E. (2017). Using machine learning to replicate chaotic attractors and calculate Lyapunov exponents from data. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5010300

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