Recurrent neural networks and Koopman-based frameworks for temporal predictions in a low-order model of turbulence

• The capabilities of recurrent neural networks and Koopman-based frameworks are assessed in the prediction of temporal dynamics of the low-order model of near-wall turbulence by Moehlis et al. (New J. Phys. 6, 56, 2004). Our results show that it is possible to obtain excellent reproductions of the long-term statistics and the dynamic behavior of the chaotic system with properly trained long-short-term memory (LSTM) networks, leading to relative errors in the mean and the fluctuations below 1%. Besides, a newly developed Koopman-based framework, called Koopman with nonlinear forcing (KNF), leads to the same level of accuracy in the statistics at a significantly lower computational expense. Furthermore, the KNF framework outperforms the LSTM network when it comes to short-term predictions. We also observe that using a loss function based only on the instantaneous predictions of the chaotic system can lead to suboptimal reproductions in terms of long-term statistics. Thus, we propose a model-selection criterion based on the computed statistics which allows to achieve excellent statistical reconstruction even on small datasets, with minimal loss of accuracy in the instantaneous predictions.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Datavetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Computer Sciences (hsv//eng)

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Dynamical systems

Machine learning

Data-driven modeling

Recurrent neural networks

Koopman operator

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