Simple Local Models for Complex Dynamical Systems
Erik Talvitie, Satinder Pal Singh · 2008
We present a novel mathematical formalism for the idea of a “local model ” of an uncontrolled dynamical system, a model that makes only certain predictions in only certain situations. As a result of its restricted responsibilities, a local model may be far simpler than a complete model of the system. We then show how one might combine several local models to produce a more detailed model. We demonstrate our ability to learn a collection of local models on a large-scale ex-ample and do a preliminary empirical comparison of learning a collection of local models and some other model learning methods. 1