利用非线性干预状态空间模型识别神经动力学
Identifying Neural Dynamics Using Nonlinear Interventional State Space Models
Hanna M. Tolle, Carles Balsells-Rodas, Yixin Wang, Pedro A. M. Mediano, Amin Nejatbakhsh
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该论文将干预状态空间模型的可识别性理论从线性潜动力学扩展到一般非线性潜动力学与单射发射函数,并在模拟和神经记录数据上做验证。
stat.ML · cs.LG
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State-space models (SSMs) recover low-dimensional latent dynamics from high-dimensional observations, but latents are generally not identifiable from observational data alone. Interventional state-space models (iSSMs) use perturbations to break observational symmetries and identify parameters up to permutation, scaling, and shift. However, prior work restricts identifiability to linear latent dynamics and piecewise-linear emissions, excluding many behaviors characteristic of neural circuits. We extend iSSMs to a substantially broader model class: we prove that (i) affine identifiability holds under general injective emission functions and Gaussian latent transitions, and (ii) with interventions, identifiability up to permutation, scaling, and shift is preserved under general nonlinear latent dynamics. We validate our theory on simulated FitzHugh-Nagumo dynamics, and then demonstrate two applications: adjudicating between competing models of decision-making; and predicting responses to unseen micro-stimulation in macaque and human neural recordings, with proof-of-concept generalization to a held-out stimulation site in the latter. Finally, simulations yield practical guidance for designing stimulation protocols that improve identifiability.