An intelligent algorithm to fast and accurately detect chaotic correlation dimension

Abstract Detecting the complexity of natural systems, such as hydrological systems, can help improve our understanding of complex interactions and feedback between variables in these systems. The correlation dimension method, as one of the most useful methods, has been applied in many studies to inv...

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Main Authors: Mengyan Shen, Miaomiao Ma, Zhicheng Su, Xuejun Zhang
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Published: Wiley-VCH 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/rvr2.70008
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description Abstract Detecting the complexity of natural systems, such as hydrological systems, can help improve our understanding of complex interactions and feedback between variables in these systems. The correlation dimension method, as one of the most useful methods, has been applied in many studies to investigate the chaos and detect the intrinsic dimensions of underlying dynamic systems. However, this method often relies on manual inspection due to uncertainties from identifying the scaling region, making the correlation dimension value calculation troublesome and subjective. Therefore, it is necessary to propose a fast and intelligent algorithm to solve the above problem. This study implies the distinct windows tracking technique and fuzzy C‐means clustering algorithm to accurately identify the scaling range and estimate the correlation dimension values. The proposed method is verified using the classic Lorenz chaotic system and 10 streamflow series in the Daling River basin of Liaoning Province, China. The results reveal that the proposed method is an intelligent and robust method for rapidly and accurately calculating the correlation dimension values, and the average operation efficiency of the proposed algorithm is 30 times faster than that of the original Grassberger‐Procaccia algorithm.
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spelling doaj-art-cf777cebfb484c59b3984e7a0b2c73622025-08-20T02:37:49ZengWiley-VCHRiver2750-48672025-05-014225326410.1002/rvr2.70008An intelligent algorithm to fast and accurately detect chaotic correlation dimensionMengyan Shen0Miaomiao Ma1Zhicheng Su2Xuejun Zhang3Research Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction of the Ministry of Water Resources China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research Beijing ChinaResearch Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction of the Ministry of Water Resources China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research Beijing ChinaResearch Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction of the Ministry of Water Resources China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research Beijing ChinaResearch Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction of the Ministry of Water Resources China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research Beijing ChinaAbstract Detecting the complexity of natural systems, such as hydrological systems, can help improve our understanding of complex interactions and feedback between variables in these systems. The correlation dimension method, as one of the most useful methods, has been applied in many studies to investigate the chaos and detect the intrinsic dimensions of underlying dynamic systems. However, this method often relies on manual inspection due to uncertainties from identifying the scaling region, making the correlation dimension value calculation troublesome and subjective. Therefore, it is necessary to propose a fast and intelligent algorithm to solve the above problem. This study implies the distinct windows tracking technique and fuzzy C‐means clustering algorithm to accurately identify the scaling range and estimate the correlation dimension values. The proposed method is verified using the classic Lorenz chaotic system and 10 streamflow series in the Daling River basin of Liaoning Province, China. The results reveal that the proposed method is an intelligent and robust method for rapidly and accurately calculating the correlation dimension values, and the average operation efficiency of the proposed algorithm is 30 times faster than that of the original Grassberger‐Procaccia algorithm.https://doi.org/10.1002/rvr2.70008chaotic time seriescorrelation dimensiondistinct windows trackingfuzzy C‐means clustering
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correlation dimension
distinct windows tracking
fuzzy C‐means clustering
title An intelligent algorithm to fast and accurately detect chaotic correlation dimension
title_full An intelligent algorithm to fast and accurately detect chaotic correlation dimension
title_fullStr An intelligent algorithm to fast and accurately detect chaotic correlation dimension
title_full_unstemmed An intelligent algorithm to fast and accurately detect chaotic correlation dimension
title_short An intelligent algorithm to fast and accurately detect chaotic correlation dimension
title_sort intelligent algorithm to fast and accurately detect chaotic correlation dimension
topic chaotic time series
correlation dimension
distinct windows tracking
fuzzy C‐means clustering
url https://doi.org/10.1002/rvr2.70008
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