Effective Dynamics and Transition Pathways from Koopman-Inspired Neural Learning of Collective Variables

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Auteurs principaux: Sikorski, Alexander, Donati, Luca, Weber, Marcus, Schütte, Christof
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author Sikorski, Alexander
Donati, Luca
Weber, Marcus
Schütte, Christof
author_facet Sikorski, Alexander
Donati, Luca
Weber, Marcus
Schütte, Christof
contents The ISOKANN (Invariant Subspaces of Koopman Operators Learned by Artificial Neural Networks) framework provides a data-driven route to extract collective variables (CVs) and effective dynamics from complex molecular systems. In this work, we integrate the theoretical foundation of Koopman operators with Krylov-like subspace algorithms, and reduced dynamical modeling to build a coherent picture of how to describe metastable transitions in high-dimensional systems based on CVs. Starting from the identification of CVs based on dominant invariant subspaces, we derive the corresponding effective dynamics on the latent space and connect these to transition rates and times, committor functions, and transition pathways. The combination of Koopman-based learning and reduced-dimensional effective dynamics yields a principled framework for computing transition rates and pathways from simulation data. Numerical experiments on one-, two-, and three-dimensional benchmark potentials illustrate the ability of ISOKANN to reconstruct the coarse-grained kinetics and reproduce transition times across enthalpic and entropic barriers.
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spellingShingle Effective Dynamics and Transition Pathways from Koopman-Inspired Neural Learning of Collective Variables
Sikorski, Alexander
Donati, Luca
Weber, Marcus
Schütte, Christof
Dynamical Systems
Chemical Physics
Machine Learning
The ISOKANN (Invariant Subspaces of Koopman Operators Learned by Artificial Neural Networks) framework provides a data-driven route to extract collective variables (CVs) and effective dynamics from complex molecular systems. In this work, we integrate the theoretical foundation of Koopman operators with Krylov-like subspace algorithms, and reduced dynamical modeling to build a coherent picture of how to describe metastable transitions in high-dimensional systems based on CVs. Starting from the identification of CVs based on dominant invariant subspaces, we derive the corresponding effective dynamics on the latent space and connect these to transition rates and times, committor functions, and transition pathways. The combination of Koopman-based learning and reduced-dimensional effective dynamics yields a principled framework for computing transition rates and pathways from simulation data. Numerical experiments on one-, two-, and three-dimensional benchmark potentials illustrate the ability of ISOKANN to reconstruct the coarse-grained kinetics and reproduce transition times across enthalpic and entropic barriers.
title Effective Dynamics and Transition Pathways from Koopman-Inspired Neural Learning of Collective Variables
topic Dynamical Systems
Chemical Physics
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.05778