Research on Chaotic Time Series Prediction Based on K-entropy and RBF Neural Networks

In this paper, a method of direct multi-step prediction of chaotic time series is proposed, which is based on Kolmogorov entropy and radial basis functions neural networks. This is done first by reconstructing a phase space using chaotic time series, then using K-entropy as a quantitative parameter to obtain the maximum predictability time of chaotic time series, finally the predicted chaotic time series data can be acquired by using RBFNN. The application considered is Lorenz system. Simulation results for direct multi-step prediction method are compared with recurrence multi-step prediction method. The results indicate that the direct multi-step prediction is more accurate and rapid than the recurrence multi-step prediction within the maximum predictability time of chaotic time series. So, it is convenient to forecast and control with real time using the method of direct multi-step prediction.