用热力学思想解释地理系统中的复杂变化,揭示驱动因素的动态角色转换。
Thermodynamic-Inspired Explainable GeoAI: Uncovering Regime-Dependent Mechanisms in Heterogeneous Spatial Systems
- 将空间变化类比为能量与容量的竞争,构建可解释的地理人工智能框架。
- 在多个真实数据集上识别出传统模型忽略的预测因子角色反转现象。
- 能明确诊断重大事件中机制转变,适合环境监测与政策制定者使用。
模拟空间异质性及相关的临界转变仍是地理学与环境科学中的基本挑战。尽管传统的地理加权回归(GWR)和深度学习模型提升了预测能力,但往往无法解释状态依赖的非线性关系,即驱动因子在不同区域表现出相反作用。本文提出一种受热力学启发的可解释地理人工智能框架,融合统计力学与图神经网络。通过将空间变异性概念化为系统负担(E)与容量(S)之间的热力学竞争,模型解耦了驱动空间过程的潜在机制。在三个模拟数据集和三个真实世界数据集(住房市场、心理健康发病率、野火引发的PM2.5异常)上的实验表明,该框架成功识别出标准基线遗漏的、随区域变化的预测因子角色反转。特别地,框架明确诊断出2023年加拿大野火事件中进入负担主导阶段的相变,区分了物理机制变化与统计异常。结果表明,热力学约束可在保持强预测性能的同时提升GeoAI的可解释性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Modeling spatial heterogeneity and associated critical transitions remains a fundamental challenge in geography and environmental science. While conventional Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) and deep learning models have improved predictive skill, they often fail to elucidate state-dependent nonlinearities where the functional roles of drivers represent opposing effects across heterogeneous domains. We introduce a thermodynamics-inspired explainable geospatial AI framework that integrates statistical mechanics with graph neural networks. By conceptualizing spatial variability as a thermodynamic competition between system Burden (E) and Capacity (S), our model disentangles the latent mechanisms driving spatial processes. Using three simulation datasets and three real-word datasets across distinct domains (housing markets, mental health prevalence, and wildfire-induced PM2.5 anomalies), we show that the new framework successfully identifies regime-dependent role reversals of predictors that standard baselines miss. Notably, the framework explicitly diagnoses the phase transition into a Burden-dominated regime during the 2023 Canadian wildfire event, distinguishing physical mechanism shifts from statistical outliers. These findings demonstrate that thermodynamic constraints can improve the interpretability of GeoAI while preserving strong predictive performance in complex spatial systems.
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