Model-assisted deep learning of rare extreme events from partial observations

Authors

Anna Asch
Ethan Brady
Hugo Gallardo, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
John Hood
Bryan Chu
Mohammad Farazmanda

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-6-2022

Abstract

To predict rare extreme events using deep neural networks, one encounters the so-called small data problem because even long-term observations often contain few extreme events. Here, we investigate a model-assisted framework where the training data are obtained from numerical simulations, as opposed to observations, with adequate samples from extreme events. However, to ensure the trained networks are applicable in practice, the training is not performed on the full simulation data; instead, we only use a small subset of observable quantities, which can be measured in practice. We investigate the feasibility of this model-assisted framework on three different dynamical systems (Rössler attractor, FitzHugh–Nagumo model, and a turbulent fluid flow) and three different deep neural network architectures (feedforward, long short-term memory,andreservoir computing). In each case, we study the prediction accuracy, robustness to noise, reproducibility under repeated training, and sensitivity to the type of input data. In particular, we find long short-term memory networks to be most robust to noise and to yield relatively accurate predictions, while requiring minimal fine-tuning of the hyperparameters.

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Chaos 32, 043112 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0077646

Publication Title

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science

DOI

10.1063/5.0077646