# Sloppy model analysis identifies bifurcation parameters without Normal Form analysis Source: [Sloppy model analysis identifies bifurcation parameters without Normal Form analysis]() Collection index: [llms.txt]() Data updated: 2025-10-25T05:27:52.841Z Authors: Christian N. K. Anderson, Mark K. Transtrum Published: 2022-01-11T04:38:32.000Z ## Abstract Bifurcation phenomena are common in multi-dimensional multi-parameter dynamical systems. Normal form theory suggests that the bifurcations themselves are driven by relatively few parameters; however, these are often nonlinear combinations of the bare parameters in which the equations are expressed. Discovering reparameterizations to transform such complex original equations into normal-form is often very difficult, and the reparameterization may not even exist in a closed-form. Recent advancements have tied both information geometry and bifurcations to the Renormalization Group. Here, we show that sloppy model analysis (a method of information geometry) can be used directly on bifurcations of increasing time scales to rapidly characterize the system's topological inhomogeneities, whether the system is in normal form or not. We anticipate that this novel analytical method, which we call time-widening information geometry (TWIG), will be useful in applied network analysis. ## Recorded benchmark results A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage. ## Original sources and implementation [Original paper]() [PDF]()