arXiv:2606.08202stat.MLcs.LG2026-06

用流形空间分析复杂系统的循环互动,可发现传统方法忽略的稳定循环结构。

Vector Space of Cycles

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  • 将循环交互建模为单纯复形上的边流,通过能量最小化动态演化分离持久流与瞬态成分
  • 在400人静息态fMRI数据中揭示可重复的大尺度循环组织,优于传统边级平均方法
  • 提供低维循环空间支持投影、比较和群体统计推断,适合神经科学与生物系统研究

大多数针对有向交互的统计与机器学习方法集中于变量间的成对效应。现有循环模型主要通过节点级依赖表示反馈,难以估计和比较大规模递归结构。这一局限在生物与神经系统的高重叠循环交互中尤为突出。本文提出一种变分统计推断框架,将有向交互表示为单纯复形上的边流,并在能量最小化动力系统下演化。所得动态分离了瞬态交互成分与持久谐波流,生成低维循环空间以捕捉稳定的循环组织。该框架不枚举单个循环,而是将循环交互表示为希尔伯特空间中的元素,支持投影、平均、比较与群体统计推断。我们建立了谐波投影的理论性质,包括循环空间表征、方差降低与群体推断能力。模拟显示,在密集递归系统中,该方法显著优于现有有向交互方法。应用于400名受试者的静息态fMRI数据,框架揭示了通过边级平均无法检测到的可重复大尺度循环组织。结果为高维动力系统中递归交互的研究提供了可扩展的统计框架。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Most statistical and machine learning methods for directed interactions focus on pairwise effects among variables. Even existing cyclic models represent feedback primarily through node-level dependencies, making large-scale recurrent organization difficult to estimate and compare. This limitation is particularly acute in biological and neural systems, where interactions are highly recurrent and involve many overlapping cycles. We introduce a variational framework for statistical inference on cyclic interactions. Directed interactions are represented as edge flows on a simplicial complex and evolved under an energy-minimizing dynamical system. The resulting dynamics separate transient interaction components from persistent harmonic flows, yielding a low-dimensional cycle space that captures stable recurrent organization. Rather than enumerating individual cycles, the proposed framework represents cyclic interactions as elements of a Hilbert space, enabling projection, averaging, comparison, and population-level statistical inference. We establish theoretical properties of the harmonic projection, including characterization of the cycle space, variance reduction, and population inference. Simulations demonstrate substantially improved recovery of cyclic structure in dense recurrent systems compared with existing directed-interaction methods. Applied to resting-state fMRI from 400 human subjects, the framework reveals reproducible large-scale cyclic organization that is not detectable through edgewise averaging. These results provide a scalable statistical framework for studying recurrent interactions in high-dimensional dynamical systems.

循环结构流形分析神经网络统计推断

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