From Basins to safe sets: a machine learning perspective on chaotic dynamics
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: The study of chaos has long relied on computationally intensive methods to quantify unpredictability and design control strategies. Recent advances in machine learning, from convolutional neural networks to transformer architectures, provide new ways to analyze complex phase space structures and enable real time action in chaotic dynamics. In this perspective article, we highlight how data driven approaches can accelerate classical tasks such as estimating basin characterization metrics, or partial control of transient chaos, while opening new possibilities for scalable and robust interventions in chaotic systems. In recent studies, convolutional networks have reproduced classical basin metrics with negligible bias and low computational cost, while transformer based surrogates have computed accurate safety functions within seconds, bypassing the recursive procedures required by traditional methods. We discuss current opportunities, remaining challenges, and future directions at the intersection of nonlinear dynamics and artificial intelligence.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Institution: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7126255332
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