用双向LSTM预测全球恐怖袭击周频次,效果优于传统方法。
Predicting the Unpredictable: Reproducible BiLSTM Forecasting of Incident Counts in the Global Terrorism Database (GTD)
- 采用固定时间划分的可复现管道,对比多种模型
- 双向LSTM测试集RMSE为6.38,优于基线30%以上
- 长历史数据+双向编码对捕捉事件前后模式关键
我们研究基于全球恐怖主义数据库(GTD, 1970–2016)的短期周级恐怖袭击事件频次预测。构建了采用固定时间划分的可复现分析流程,评估双向LSTM(BiLSTM)相对于强经典基准(季节性朴素、线性/ARIMA)及深度LSTM-Attention基线的表现。在预留测试集上,BiLSTM取得RMSE 6.38,优于LSTM-Attention(9.19;提升30.6%)和线性滞后回归基线(+35.4% RMSE降低),同时在MAE和MAPE上也有同步提升。消融实验表明:长期历史数据训练的模型泛化能力最强;适度回溯窗口(20–30周)提供良好上下文;双向编码对捕捉窗口内事件积累与后续效应至关重要。特征组分析显示,短期结构特征(滞后计数与滚动统计)贡献最大,地理与伤亡特征带来增量提升。本文公开代码、配置与紧凑结果表,并附数据/伦理声明,说明GTD许可与仅限研究用途。整体研究为GTD事件预测提供了透明且超越基线的参考。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
We study short-horizon forecasting of weekly terrorism incident counts using the Global Terrorism Database (GTD, 1970--2016). We build a reproducible pipeline with fixed time-based splits and evaluate a Bidirectional LSTM (BiLSTM) against strong classical anchors (seasonal-naive, linear/ARIMA) and a deep LSTM-Attention baseline. On the held-out test set, the BiLSTM attains RMSE 6.38, outperforming LSTM-Attention (9.19; +30.6\%) and a linear lag-regression baseline (+35.4\% RMSE gain), with parallel improvements in MAE and MAPE. Ablations varying temporal memory, training-history length, spatial grain, lookback size, and feature groups show that models trained on long historical data generalize best; a moderate lookback (20--30 weeks) provides strong context; and bidirectional encoding is critical for capturing both build-up and aftermath patterns within the window. Feature-group analysis indicates that short-horizon structure (lagged counts and rolling statistics) contributes most, with geographic and casualty features adding incremental lift. We release code, configs, and compact result tables, and provide a data/ethics statement documenting GTD licensing and research-only use. Overall, the study offers a transparent, baseline-beating reference for GTD incident forecasting.
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