Learning Effective Soliton Dynamics from Scattering Data
Seth Minor, Vanja Dukic, David M. Bortz
physics.comp-ph, nlin.SI, stat.ML
Submitted: 2026-07-01
Comments: 22 pages, 5 figures
Code: https://github.com/MathBioCU/Scattering
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
The gist: The inverse scattering transform (IST) provides the standard theoretical framework for deriving soliton dynamics.
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Abstract
The inverse scattering transform (IST) provides the standard theoretical framework for deriving soliton dynamics. Traditionally, such derivations have been of an analytical, rather than data-driven, nature. In this paper, we combine the conceptual framework of the IST with weak-form system identification methods to discover effective soliton dynamics directly from observed scattering data, without assuming prior knowledge of the scattering equations. Our method avoids parameterizing solitary waves via ad hoc curve-fitting by working in the scattering domain, yielding interpretable low-dimensional models that remain valid in perturbed and near-integrable regimes. We demonstrate the performance of the proposed approach on synthetic and experimental data governed by shallow-water equations of Korteweg--de Vries-type and recover models that are consistent with canonical IST theory.
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