Re:Traffic Prediction with Advanced Graph Neural Networks
by CyberDildonics on Saturday September 05, 2020 @07:30PM
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What's the difference between a dynamic system and a dynamical system?
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Re:Traffic Prediction with Advanced Graph Neural Networks
by layoutIfNeeded on Sunday September 06, 2020 @10:24AM
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A dynamical system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamical_system) is basically a bunch of (continuous / discrete) variables whose evolution is governed by a set of (differential / difference) equations. E.g. a pendulum is a dynamical system whose state can be described with a single variable 𝜃 (the angle of the pendulum), governed by the differential equation:
𝘥²𝜃/𝘥t² + g/l sin(𝜃) = 0
(where g is the gravitational acceleration and l is the length of the pendulum)
Dynamical systems whose behaviour is linear are kinda well-behaving and easy to analyse. (linear in this context means that the system's response to a linear combination of inputs will be the same as the linear combination of its responses to the individual inputs) Non-linear systems on the other hand behave chaotically, producing wildly different responses to slight differences in their inputs.
I'm not sure what a "dynamic system" is though.