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Identifying nonlinear dynamical systems using subset regression.

Weizhen Li1,2, Qiang Fu3,4, Yifan Hong3

  • 1Hangzhou Zhiyuan Research Institution Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, 310024, Zhejiang, China. weizhen.li@zju.edu.cn.

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Summary

We introduce subset regression with known number of active features (sub-KNAFE) to discover governing equations for dynamical systems. This method enhances noise robustness and data efficiency for identifying ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, and differential algebraic equations.

Keywords:
Data-driven methodsDifferential EquationsNonlinear dynamical systemsSubset regressionSystem identification

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Published on: December 7, 2021

Area of Science:

  • Dynamical systems theory
  • Scientific machine learning
  • Data-driven modeling

Background:

  • Data-driven discovery of governing equations is crucial for understanding complex systems.
  • Traditional subset regression struggles with time-series data due to uncorrelated residual requirements.
  • Existing methods often lack the interpretability and computational efficiency of simpler techniques.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To revisit and enhance subset regression for identifying dynamical systems governed by ODEs, PDEs, and DAEs.
  • To develop a robust and efficient method for extracting interpretable models from observational data.
  • To overcome the limitations of traditional subset regression in the context of time-series analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Propose subset regression with known number of active features (sub-KNAFE), a novel sparsity mechanism.
  • Integrate sub-KNAFE with the Sparse Identification of Nonlinear Dynamics (SINDy) framework.
  • Utilize a user-determined sparsity approach for flexible adaptation to nonlinear systems.

Main Results:

  • sub-KNAFE demonstrates superior noise robustness and data efficiency across various signal-to-noise ratios and dataset sizes.
  • The method successfully identifies dynamical systems described by ODEs, PDEs, and DAEs.
  • Validated on real-world ecological and power system datasets, showing practical applicability.

Conclusions:

  • sub-KNAFE offers a computationally efficient and interpretable alternative for dynamical system identification.
  • The enhanced subset regression approach significantly improves upon traditional methods for time-series data.
  • sub-KNAFE holds strong potential for scientific discovery and engineering applications.