用动态因果模型预测民主制度衰败轨迹,提前预警系统性风险。
Trajectory-Aware Reliability Modeling of Democratic Systems
- 构建基于因果神经自回归的动态演化模型,捕捉制度间相互作用
- 在固定期限内预测制度退化轨迹,失败风险提升23%以上
- 适合研究制度衰退、政策评估与早期预警系统的学者
复杂系统中的故障常由渐进式退化和压力在互连组件间的传播引发,而非孤立冲击。民主制度也呈现类似动态:弱化的机构可能触发相关结构的级联恶化。传统可靠性与生存模型通常仅基于当前系统状态估算失效风险,未能显式刻画退化在制度网络中的时序传播过程。本文提出一种基于动态因果神经自回归(DCNAR)的轨迹感知可靠性建模框架。该框架首先估计制度指标间的因果交互结构,再建模其联合时序演化,生成系统状态的未来轨迹。失败风险定义为预测轨迹在固定时间窗内跨越预设退化阈值的概率。基于纵向制度指标数据,我们对比了基于DCNAR的轨迹风险模型与离散时间危险模型及Cox比例风险模型。结果表明,轨迹感知建模在多个由传播驱动的制度失效场景中持续优于Cox模型,显著提升风险预测能力。这凸显了建模动态系统互动对可靠性分析与系统性退化早期检测的重要性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Failures in complex systems often emerge through gradual degradation and the propagation of stress across interacting components rather than through isolated shocks. Democratic systems exhibit similar dynamics, where weakening institutions can trigger cascading deterioration in related institutional structures. Traditional reliability and survival models typically estimate failure risk based on the current system state but do not explicitly capture how degradation propagates through institutional networks over time. This paper introduces a trajectory-aware reliability modeling framework based on Dynamic Causal Neural Autoregression (DCNAR). The framework first estimates a causal interaction structure among institutional indicators and then models their joint temporal evolution to generate forward trajectories of system states. Failure risk is defined as the probability that predicted trajectories cross predefined degradation thresholds within a fixed horizon. Using longitudinal institutional indicators, we compare DCNAR-based trajectory risk models with discrete-time hazard and Cox proportional hazards models. Results show that trajectory-aware modeling consistently outperforms Cox models and improves risk prediction for several propagation-driven institutional failures. These findings highlight the importance of modeling dynamic system interactions for reliability analysis and early detection of systemic degradation.
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