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Rok Cestnik

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arXiv2026

Self-organizing Chimera States in Adaptive Networks

We propose a minimal adaptive network model with product-form coupling that reduces dimensionality while capturing key features of synaptic plasticity. The system spontaneously self-organizes into adaptive chimera states, where identical oscillators separate into synchronized and desynchronized groups through adaptive weight dynamics. These adaptive chimeras organize into branches with fixed coherent cluster fraction and exhibit transitions between stationary, breathing, and chaotic collective dynamics, revealing a collective bifurcation structure. Crucially, the resulting attractor landscape is highly multistable: repeated cluster reorganizations generate distinct dynamical pathways that coexist within the same parameter regime and depend sensitively on initial conditions.

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arXiv2026

Two-phase quadratic integrate-and-fire neurons: Exact low-dimensional description for ensembles of finite-voltage neurons

We introduce a two-phase quadratic integrate-and-fire (QIF) neuron whose membrane potential evolves according to two alternating Riccati equations within finite bounds. This simple extension removes the unphysical voltage divergence of the standard QIF model while producing realistic spike waveforms. Despite this modification, the system retains an exact low-dimensional description in the thermodynamic limit, governed by a single complex Riccati equation. Expressions for collective quantities such as the firing rate and mean voltage remain compact and analytically tractable. Because the formalism preserves the mathematical structure of the standard QIF ensemble, it inherits its many generalizations and can serve as a drop-in replacement in existing mean-field frameworks, providing a more biologically plausible yet still exactly solvable neuronal model.

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arXiv2025

Exact Dimensional Reduction for Quasi-Linear ODE Ensembles

We present an exact dimensional reduction for high-dimensional dynamical systems composed of $N$ identical dynamical units governed by quasi-linear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) of order $M$. In these systems, each unit follows a linear differential equation whose coefficients depend nonlinearly on the ensemble variables, such as a mean field variable. We derive $M+1$ closed-form macroscopic equations of order $M$ with variables that exactly capture the full microscopic dimensional dynamics and that allow reconstruction of individual trajectories from the reduced system. Our approach enables low-dimensional analysis of collective behavior in coupled oscillator networks and provides computationally efficient exact representations of large-scale dynamics. We illustrate the theory with examples, highlighting new families of solvable models relevant to physics, biology and engineering that are now amenable to simplified analysis.

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arXiv2025

Next-Generation Reservoir Computing for Dynamical Inference

We present a simple and scalable implementation of next-generation reservoir computing (NGRC) for modeling dynamical systems from time-series data. The method uses a pseudorandom nonlinear projection of time-delay embedded inputs, allowing the feature-space dimension to be chosen independently of the observation size and offering a flexible alternative to polynomial-based NGRC projections. We demonstrate the approach on benchmark tasks, including attractor reconstruction and bifurcation diagram estimation, using partial and noisy measurements. We further show that small amounts of measurement noise during training act as an effective regularizer, improving long-term autonomous stability compared to standard regression alone. Across all tests, the models remain stable over long rollouts and generalize beyond the training data. The framework offers explicit control of system state during prediction, and these properties make NGRC a natural candidate for applications such as surrogate modeling and digital-twin applications.

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arXiv2025

Low Dimensional Dynamics of Globally Coupled Complex Riccati Equations: Exact Firing-rate Equations for Spiking Neurons with Clustered Substructure

We report on an exact theory for ensembles of globally coupled, heterogeneous complex Riccati equations. A drastic dimensionality reduction to a few ordinary differential equations is achieved for Lorentzian heterogeneity. By applying this technique, we obtain low-dimensional firing-rate equations for populations of spiking neurons with a clustered substructure.

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arXiv2024

Continuum limit of the adaptive Kuramoto model

We investigate the dynamics of the adaptive Kuramoto model with slow adaptation in the continuum limit, $N\to\infty$. This model is distinguished by dense multistability, where multiple states coexist for the same system parameters. The underlying cause of this multistability is that some oscillators can lock at different phases or switch between locking and drifting depending on their initial conditions. We identify new states, such as two-cluster states. To simplify the analysis we introduce an approximate reduction of the model via row-averaging of the coupling matrix. We derive a self-consistency equation for the reduced model and present a stability diagram illustrating the effects of positive and negative adaptation. Our theoretical findings are validated through numerical simulations of a large finite system. Comparisons to previous work highlight the significant influence of adaptation on synchronization behavior.

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arXiv2023

Integrability of a globally coupled complex Riccati array: quadratic integrate-and-fire neurons, phase oscillators and all in between

We present an exact dimensionality reduction for dynamics of an arbitrary array of globally coupled complex-valued Riccati equations. It generalizes the Watanabe-Strogatz theory [Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 2391 (1993)] for sinusoidally coupled phase oscillators and seamlessly includes quadratic integrate-and-fire neurons as the real-valued special case. This simple formulation reshapes our understanding of a broad class of coupled systems - including a particular class of phase-amplitude oscillators - which newly fall under the category of integrable systems. Precise and rigorous analysis of complex Riccati arrays is now within reach, paving a way to a deeper understanding of emergent behavior of collective dynamics in coupled systems.

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arXiv2022

Exact finite-dimensional description for networks of globally coupled spiking neurons

We consider large networks of globally coupled spiking neurons and derive an exact low-dimensional description of their collective dynamics in the thermodynamic limit. Individual neurons are described by the Ermentrout-Kopell canonical model that can be excitable or tonically spiking, and interact with other neurons via pulses. Utilizing the equivalence of the quadratic integrate- and-fire and the theta neuron formulations, we first derive the dynamical equations in terms of the Kuramoto-Daido order parameters (Fourier modes of the phase distribution) and relate them to two biophysically relevant macroscopic observables, the firing rate and the mean voltage. For neurons driven by Cauchy white noise or for Cauchy-Lorentz distributed input currents, we adapt the results by Cestnik and Pikovsky [arXiv:2207.02302 (2022)] and show that for arbitrary initial conditions the collective dynamics reduces to six dimensions. We also prove that in this case the dynamics asymptotically converges to a two-dimensional invariant manifold first discovered by Ott and Antonsen. For identical, noise-free neurons, the dynamics reduces to three dimensions, becoming equivalent to the Watanabe-Strogatz description. We illustrate the exact six-dimensional dynamics outside the invariant manifold by calculating nontrivial basins of different asymptotic regimes in a bistable situation.

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arXiv2022

Exact finite-dimensional reduction for a population of noisy oscillators and its link to Ott-Antonsen and Watanabe-Strogatz theories

Populations of globally coupled phase oscillators are described in the thermodynamic limit by kinetic equations for the distribution densities, or equivalently, by infinite hierarchies of equations for the order parameters. Ott and Antonsen [Chaos 18, 037113 (2008)] have found an invariant finite-dimensional subspace on which the dynamics is described by one complex variable per population. For oscillators with Cauchy distributed frequencies or for those driven by Cauchy white noise, this subspace is weakly stable and thus describes the asymptotic dynamics. Here we report on an exact finite-dimensional reduction of the dynamics outside of the Ott-Antonsen subspace. We show, that the evolution from generic initial states can be reduced to that of three complex variables, plus a constant function. For identical noise-free oscillators, this reduction corresponds to the Watanabe-Strogatz system of equations [Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 2391 (1993)]. We discuss how the reduced system can be used to explore the transient dynamics of perturbed ensembles.

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arXiv2022

Inferring oscillator's phase and amplitude response from a scalar signal exploiting test stimulation

The phase sensitivity curve or phase response curve (PRC) quantifies the oscillator's reaction to stimulation at a specific phase and is a primary characteristic of a self-sustained oscillatory unit. Knowledge of this curve yields a phase dynamics description of the oscillator for arbitrary weak forcing. Similar, though much less studied characteristic, is the amplitude response that can be defined either using an ad hoc approach to amplitude estimation or via the isostable variables. Here, we discuss the problem of the phase and amplitude response inference from observations using test stimulation. Although PRC determination for noise-free neuronal-like oscillators perturbed by narrow pulses is a well-known task, the general case remains a challenging problem. Even more challenging is the inference of the amplitude response. This characteristic is crucial, e.g., for controlling the amplitude of the collective mode in a network of interacting units -- a task relevant to neuroscience. Here, we compare the performance of different techniques suitable for inferring the phase and amplitude response, particularly with application to macroscopic oscillators. We suggest improvements to these techniques, e.g., demonstrating how to obtain the PRC in case of stimuli of arbitrary shape. Our main result is a novel technique denoted by IPID-1, based on the direct reconstruction of the Winfree equation and the analogous first-order equation for isostable dynamics. The technique works for signals with or without well-pronounced marker events and pulses of arbitrary shape; in particular, we consider charge-balanced pulses typical in neuroscience applications. Moreover, this technique is superior for noisy and high-dimensional systems. Additionally, we describe an error measure that can be computed solely from data and complements any inference technique.

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arXiv2022

Hierarchy of exact low-dimensional reductions for populations of coupled oscillators

We consider an ensemble of phase oscillators in the thermodynamic limit, where it is described by a kinetic equation for the phase distribution density. We propose an ansatz for the circular moments of the distribution (Kuramoto-Daido order parameters) that allows for an exact truncation at an arbitrary number of modes. In the simplest case of one mode, the ansatz coincides with that of Ott and Antonsen [Chaos 18, 037113 (2008)]. Dynamics on the extended manifolds facilitate higher dimensional behavior such as chaos, which we demonstrate with a simulation of a Josephson junction array. The findings are generalized for oscillators with a Cauchy-Lorentzian distribution of natural frequencies.

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arXiv2020

Impact of network characteristics on network reconstruction

When a network is inferred from data, two types of errors can occur: false positive and false negative conclusions about the presence of links. We focus on the influence of local network characteristics on the probability $α$ - of type I false positive conclusions, and on the probability $β$ - of type II false negative conclusions, in the case of networks of coupled oscillators. We demonstrate that false conclusion probabilities are influenced by local connectivity measures such as the shortest path length and the detour degree, which can also be estimated from the inferred network when the true underlying network is not known a priory. These measures can then be used for quantification of the confidence level of link conclusions, and for improving the network reconstruction via advanced concepts of link thresholding.

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arXiv2019

Inferring the dynamics of oscillatory systems using recurrent neural networks

We investigate the predictive power of recurrent neural networks for oscillatory systems not only on the attractor, but in its vicinity as well. For this we consider systems perturbed by an external force. This allows us to not merely predict the time evolution of the system, but also study its dynamical properties, such as bifurcations, dynamical response curves, characteristic exponents etc. It is shown that they can be effectively estimated even in some regions of the state space where no input data were given. We consider several different oscillatory examples, including self-sustained, excitatory, time-delay and chaotic systems. Furthermore, with a statistical analysis we assess the amount of training data required for effective inference for two common recurrent neural network cells, the long short-term memory and the gated recurrent unit.

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arXiv2018

Inferring the phase response curve from observation of a continuously perturbed oscillator

Phase response curves are important for analysis and modeling of oscillatory dynamics in various applications, particularly in neuroscience. Standard experimental technique for determining them requires isolation of the system and application of a specifically designed input. However, isolation is not always feasible and we are compelled to observe the system in its natural environment under free-running conditions. To that end we propose an approach relying only on passive observations of the system and its input. We illustrate it with simulation results of an oscillator driven by a stochastic force.

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arXiv2017

Reconstructing networks of pulse-coupled oscillators from spike trains

We present an approach for reconstructing networks of pulse-coupled neuron-like oscillators from passive observation of pulse trains of all nodes. It is assumed that units are described by their phase response curves and that their phases are instantaneously reset by incoming pulses. Using an iterative procedure, we recover the properties of all nodes, namely their phase response curves and natural frequencies, as well as strengths of all directed connections.

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