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ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Information Geometric Theory in the Prediction of Abrupt Changes in System Dynamics.

Adrian-Josue Guel-Cortez, Eun-Jin Kim

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2 authors.

Adrian-Josue Guel-CortezCentre for Fluid and Complex Systems, Coventry University, Priory St, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9325-9956
Eun-Jin KimCentre for Fluid and Complex Systems, Coventry University, Priory St, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5607-6635

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Detection and measurement of abrupt changes in a process can provide us with important tools for decision making in systems management. In particular, it can be utilised to predict the onset of a sudden event such as a rare, extreme event which causes the abrupt dynamical change in the system. Here, we investigate the prediction capability of information theory by focusing on how sensitive information-geometric theory (information length diagnostics) and entropy-based information theoretical method (information flow) are to abrupt changes. To this end, we utilise a non-autonomous Kramer equation by including a sudden perturbation to the system to mimic the onset of a sudden event and calculate time-dependent probability density functions (PDFs) and various statistical quantities with the help of numerical simulations. We show that information length diagnostics predict the onset of a sudden event better than the information flow. Furthermore, it is explicitly shown that the information flow like any other entropy-based measures has limitations in measuring perturbations which do not affect entropy.

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abrupt eventsentropyinformation flowinformation geometryinformation lengthprediction

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PMID34073076
PMCPMC8226819

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