arXiv:2603.14944cs.LG2026-03

仅用观测数据,提前预测复杂系统崩溃前兆。

Ultra-Early Prediction of Tipping Points: Integrating Dynamical Measures with Reservoir Computing

  • 融合动态指标与储层计算,从时间序列中学习系统行为
  • 通过特征值趋势外推,实现关键转折点超早期预警
  • 适合气候、生态等复杂系统监测,解释性强

复杂动力系统(如气候、生态系统、经济)可能因环境参数漂移和随机扰动而发生灾难性且不可逆的态变,这些临界阈值称为临界点,其预测具有理论与实践意义,但尚未解决。本文提出一种无模型框架,结合表征系统稳定性和敏感性的动态指标与储层计算(RC),仅使用观测时间序列数据。该框架分两阶段:第一阶段用RC从分段观测数据中稳健学习局部复杂动态;第二阶段通过分析所学的自主RC动态,利用雅可比矩阵主特征值、最大佛洛凯乘子和最大李雅普诺夫指数等动态指标,精确检测临界点的早期预警信号。当这些指标呈现趋势模式时,其外推可实现临界转变前的超早期预测。我们对方法进行了严格的理论分析,并在一系列典型合成系统及八个真实数据集上进行了广泛数值评估,定量预测了大西洋经向翻转环流系统的临界时间。实验表明,本框架在综合评估中优于基线方法,尤其在动力学可解释性、预测稳定性与鲁棒性以及超早期预测能力方面表现突出。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Complex dynamical systems-such as climate, ecosystems, and economics-can undergo catastrophic and potentially irreversible regime changes, often triggered by environmental parameter drift and stochastic disturbances. These critical thresholds, known as tipping points, pose a prediction problem of both theoretical and practical significance, yet remain largely unresolved. To address this, we articulate a model-free framework that integrates the measures characterizing the stability and sensitivity of dynamical systems with the reservoir computing (RC), a lightweight machine learning technique, using only observational time series data. The framework consists of two stages. The first stage involves using RC to robustly learn local complex dynamics from observational data segmented into windows. The second stage focuses on accurately detecting early warning signals of tipping points by analyzing the learned autonomous RC dynamics through dynamical measures, including the dominant eigenvalue of the Jacobian matrix, the maximum Floquet multiplier, and the maximum Lyapunov exponent. Furthermore, when these dynamical measures exhibit trend-like patterns, their extrapolation enables ultra-early prediction of tipping points significantly prior to the occurrence of critical transitions. We conduct a rigorous theoretical analysis of the proposed method and perform extensive numerical evaluations on a series of representative synthetic systems and eight real-world datasets, as well as quantitatively predict the tipping time of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation system. Experimental results demonstrate that our framework exhibits advantages over the baselines in comprehensive evaluations, particularly in terms of dynamical interpretability, prediction stability and robustness, and ultra-early prediction capability.

临界点预测储层计算动态系统早期预警

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