Explainable data-driven modeling via mixture of experts: towards effective blending of grey and black-box models

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Main Authors: Leoni, Jessica, Breschi, Valentina, Formentin, Simone, Tanelli, Mara
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author Leoni, Jessica
Breschi, Valentina
Formentin, Simone
Tanelli, Mara
author_facet Leoni, Jessica
Breschi, Valentina
Formentin, Simone
Tanelli, Mara
contents Traditional models grounded in first principles often struggle with accuracy as the system's complexity increases. Conversely, machine learning approaches, while powerful, face challenges in interpretability and in handling physical constraints. Efforts to combine these models often often stumble upon difficulties in finding a balance between accuracy and complexity. To address these issues, we propose a comprehensive framework based on a "mixture of experts" rationale. This approach enables the data-based fusion of diverse local models, leveraging the full potential of first-principle-based priors. Our solution allows independent training of experts, drawing on techniques from both machine learning and system identification, and it supports both collaborative and competitive learning paradigms. To enhance interpretability, we penalize abrupt variations in the expert's combination. Experimental results validate the effectiveness of our approach in producing an interpretable combination of models closely resembling the target phenomena.
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spellingShingle Explainable data-driven modeling via mixture of experts: towards effective blending of grey and black-box models
Leoni, Jessica
Breschi, Valentina
Formentin, Simone
Tanelli, Mara
Machine Learning
Systems and Control
Traditional models grounded in first principles often struggle with accuracy as the system's complexity increases. Conversely, machine learning approaches, while powerful, face challenges in interpretability and in handling physical constraints. Efforts to combine these models often often stumble upon difficulties in finding a balance between accuracy and complexity. To address these issues, we propose a comprehensive framework based on a "mixture of experts" rationale. This approach enables the data-based fusion of diverse local models, leveraging the full potential of first-principle-based priors. Our solution allows independent training of experts, drawing on techniques from both machine learning and system identification, and it supports both collaborative and competitive learning paradigms. To enhance interpretability, we penalize abrupt variations in the expert's combination. Experimental results validate the effectiveness of our approach in producing an interpretable combination of models closely resembling the target phenomena.
title Explainable data-driven modeling via mixture of experts: towards effective blending of grey and black-box models
topic Machine Learning
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.17118