基于复杂的非线性系统底层的因果网络的强有力的无模型识别
Guanxue Yang1, Shimin Lei1, Guanxiao Yang2
1School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 8, 2025
概括
我们介绍了一个新的无模型框架,使用多项式条件格兰杰因果关系 (PCGC) 和稀疏PCGC (SPCGC) 来从观测数据中推断复杂系统中的直接因果关系.
科学领域:
- 网络科学 网络科学
- 因果推理的原因推理.
- 动态系统是动态系统.
背景情况:
- 从观测数据推断因果网络在许多科学领域都至关重要.
- 现有的方法往往需要特定的模型假设或与复杂的,非线性动力学作斗争.
- 重建准确的网络结构,特别是直接关系,仍然是一个重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种通用且可行的无模型框架,用于在网络系统中发现直接的因果关系.
- 引入新的推理算法,多项式条件格兰杰因果关系 (PCGC) 和稀疏PCGC (SPCGC).
- 在非线性动态系统中有效区分直接相互作用与间接影响.
主要方法:
- 开发了一个无模型框架,使用多项式函数近似计算系统动态.
- 引入PCGC用于非线性格兰杰因果分析以确定直接相互作用.
- 在PCGC分析之前,利用SPCGC中的Lasso优化来减少尺寸.
- 整合条件变量来协调直接和间接的影响.
主要成果:
- 证明了PCGC和SPCGC在从非线性动态推断直接因果关系方面的有效性.
- 在各种古典动态系统上验证了拟议方法的性能.
- 展示了框架在没有先前模型知识的情况下处理复杂系统的能力.
结论:
- 拟议的无模型框架为基于观测数据的网络重建提供了一个有希望的方法.
- PCGC和SPCGC提供了有效的工具,用于识别未知模型的系统中的直接因果关系.
- 这项工作为复杂动态系统中的数据驱动建模和因果发现提供了指导.
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