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Main Authors: Deng, Xiangbo, Chen, Cheng, Yang, Peng
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17933
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author Deng, Xiangbo
Chen, Cheng
Yang, Peng
author_facet Deng, Xiangbo
Chen, Cheng
Yang, Peng
contents Detecting regime shifts in chaotic time series is hard because observation-space signals are entangled with intrinsic variability. We propose Parameter--Space Changepoint Detection (Param--CPD), a two--stage framework that first amortizes Bayesian inference of governing parameters with a neural posterior estimator trained by simulation-based inference, and then applies a standard CPD algorithm to the resulting parameter trajectory. On Lorenz--63 with piecewise-constant parameters, Param--CPD improves F1, reduces localization error, and lowers false positives compared to observation--space baselines. We further verify identifiability and calibration of the inferred posteriors on stationary trajectories, explaining why parameter space offers a cleaner detection signal. Robustness analyses over tolerance, window length, and noise indicate consistent gains. Our results show that operating in a physically interpretable parameter space enables accurate and interpretable changepoint detection in nonlinear dynamical systems.
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spellingShingle From Observations to Parameters: Detecting Changepoint in Nonlinear Dynamics with Simulation-based Inference
Deng, Xiangbo
Chen, Cheng
Yang, Peng
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Detecting regime shifts in chaotic time series is hard because observation-space signals are entangled with intrinsic variability. We propose Parameter--Space Changepoint Detection (Param--CPD), a two--stage framework that first amortizes Bayesian inference of governing parameters with a neural posterior estimator trained by simulation-based inference, and then applies a standard CPD algorithm to the resulting parameter trajectory. On Lorenz--63 with piecewise-constant parameters, Param--CPD improves F1, reduces localization error, and lowers false positives compared to observation--space baselines. We further verify identifiability and calibration of the inferred posteriors on stationary trajectories, explaining why parameter space offers a cleaner detection signal. Robustness analyses over tolerance, window length, and noise indicate consistent gains. Our results show that operating in a physically interpretable parameter space enables accurate and interpretable changepoint detection in nonlinear dynamical systems.
title From Observations to Parameters: Detecting Changepoint in Nonlinear Dynamics with Simulation-based Inference
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17933