arXiv Machine Learning

State Estimation as In-context Tabular Prediction

arXiv Machine Learning
5d ago

Bayesian Distribution System State Estimation with Flow Matching

The paper introduces PoSE, a Bayesian posterior sampling method for distribution system state estimation that learns the distribution of substation injections via a neural network trained with flow matching. Unlike weighted least squares or supervised deep learning, PoSE preserves the full Bayesian structure and ensures every posterior sample satisfies the power flow equations. Experiments on IEEE 33‑bus and Iowa 240‑bus feeders show PoSE reduces injection error by up to 7.5% and provides more reliable uncertainty estimates than Gaussian priors or supervised estimators.

By Nan Lin, Peter Palensky, Pedro Vergara Barrios
arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 16

Physics-Aware Distillation of a Grid Foundation Model for Real-Time Edge Inference

The paper presents a physics‑aware distillation of a large Grid Foundation Model (GridFM) for real‑time edge inference. A 20.1 M‑parameter, 12‑layer teacher is compressed into a 0.62 M‑parameter, 6‑layer student, achieving a 32.5× reduction in parameters and halving message‑passing depth while improving accuracy on active‑power dispatch by up to 48 % and always outperforming the teacher on reactive‑power dispatch. The distillation objective combines masked power‑flow loss with output, physics‑residual, latent‑state, and attention transfer, though the physics‑residual term proved detrimental in this setting.

By Vlad Alexandru S\u{a}nduleac, Shahariya Rasheed Rayamarakkarveettil Puthanpurayil, Noman Khan, Remus Teodorescu
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 17

Multi-Appliance Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring via Label-Preserving Aggregate Recomposition and Prediction Consistency

The paper introduces a new NILM approach that uses label‑preserving aggregate recomposition and prediction consistency to improve appliance‑level power estimation. By recomposing aggregate windows with only the residual background changed, the method preserves target appliance signals while exposing a new supervisory signal. Experiments on REDD, UK‑DALE, and REFIT show reduced mean absolute error for multiple appliances without adding inference‑time complexity.

By Jiangfeng Liu, Yanfang Fan
arXiv AI
Oct 5

Teger: Spatiotemporal Covariance for Probabilistic Traffic Forecasting

The paper introduces TEGER, a residual covariance model that updates a forecaster’s joint predictive uncertainty at test time using closed‑form Gaussian conditioning on recent residuals and an exponential moving‑average volatility term. It leverages a fixed sensor graph to encode spatial correlations without retraining the underlying forecasting backbone. Experiments on four traffic datasets show significant improvements in 60‑minute CRPS, and applying TEGER to a frozen foundation model (Chronos) reduces CRPS from 0.1798 to 0.1736.

By Seyed Mohamad Moghadas, Esther Rodrigo Bonet, Bruno Cornelis, Adrian Munteanu
arXiv AI
Oct 21

Parameter-Efficient Adaptation of Time Series Foundation Models for Electrical Load Forecasting

The study evaluates how well time‑series foundation models (TSFMs) can be adapted for electrical load forecasting. It compares pretrained inference, full fine‑tuning, and low‑rank adaptation (LoRA) across four load aggregation levels, using MOIRAI 1.0 Large as the main backbone and Chronos‑2 as a secondary model. LoRA achieves a 7.5% average NMAE reduction on MOIRAI while updating only about 1% of the parameters, offering a strong accuracy‑efficiency trade‑off, though benefits vary in out‑of‑distribution scenarios.

By Aliullah, Julian Oelhaf, Edouard Fouch\'e, Jessica Deuschel, Christian Bergler, Andreas Maier, Siming Bayer