Time series classification models based on nonlinear spiking neural P systems

Reservoir computing (RC) is a novel class of recurrent neural networks (RNN) models. Nonlinear spiking neural P (NSNP) systems are neural-like computing models with nonlinear spiking mechanisms. By introducing NSNP systems as the reservoir, we propose a new RC model for time series classification task, termed TSC-NSNP model. However, due to the high-dimensional nature of the reservoir state space, the TSC-NSNP model, like existing RC models, will encounter some challenges. To address the challenges. we utilize the reservoir model space representation and dimensionality reduction method to propose two improved models, termed TSC-DR-NSNP model and TSC-RMS-NSNP model. The three RC models can be easily realized and learnt in the RC framework. The proposed three RC models are evaluated on 21 benchmark time series classification data sets, and are compared with 20 classification models. The comparisons demonstrate the effectiveness of the presented three RC models for time series classification tasks.