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Learning nonparametric ordinary differential equations from noisy data

Machine Learning 2023-11-14 v3 Machine Learning

Abstract

Learning nonparametric systems of Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) dot x = f(t,x) from noisy data is an emerging machine learning topic. We use the well-developed theory of Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces (RKHS) to define candidates for f for which the solution of the ODE exists and is unique. Learning f consists of solving a constrained optimization problem in an RKHS. We propose a penalty method that iteratively uses the Representer theorem and Euler approximations to provide a numerical solution. We prove a generalization bound for the L2 distance between x and its estimator and provide experimental comparisons with the state-of-the-art.

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@article{arxiv.2206.15215,
  title  = {Learning nonparametric ordinary differential equations from noisy data},
  author = {Kamel Lahouel and Michael Wells and Victor Rielly and Ethan Lew and David Lovitz and Bruno M. Jedynak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.15215},
  year   = {2023}
}

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25 pages, 6 figures

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