arXiv Machine Learning

Temporal Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (T-KAN) for High-Frequency Limit Order Book Forecasting: Efficiency, Interpretability, and Alpha Decay

The paper introduces Temporal Kolmogorov‑Arnold Networks (T‑KAN) for forecasting high‑frequency limit order book data, replacing fixed linear weights in LSTMs with learnable B‑spline activation functions. This approach captures the shape of market signals, yielding a 19.1% relative improvement in F1‑score at a 100‑step horizon and a 132.48% return versus a -82.76% drawdown for DeepLOB under 1.0 bps transaction costs. T‑KAN also offers interpretability through visible dead‑zones in the splines and is optimized for low‑latency FPGA deployment via High‑Level Synthesis.

arXiv AI
Jul 7

KAN vs LSTM Performance in Time Series Forecasting

arXiv:2511. 18613v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This study presents a controlled comparison of baseline Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN), implemented via PyKAN, and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks for the forecasting of stochastic, non-stationary financial time series.

By Tabish Ali Rather, S M Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Nadezda Sukhorukova, Federico Frascoli
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 4

An Embedded RISC-V Evaluation of Kolmogorov--Arnold Networks in Hard-Constrained Recurrent Physics-Informed Models

arXiv:2608. 00737v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Hard-constrained recurrent physics-informed networks (HRPINNs) embed known dynamics inside a recurrent numerical integrator and restrict a neural branch to learning only the residual dynamics that the first-principles model does not capture.

By Enzo Nicolas Spotorno, Josafat Leal Filho
arXiv Machine Learning
5d ago

Aurora-X: Built for Extreme Time Series Forecasting

Aurora‑X is a billion‑parameter time‑series foundation model designed for extreme forecasting tasks. It employs a progressive curriculum that starts with channel‑independent pretraining, then adds cross‑variable dependencies, variable context and horizon lengths, and optional future covariates during mid‑training. A variable‑resolution post‑training stage allows adjustable temporal spans per token at inference, while a pattern‑guided mixture‑of‑experts expands capacity through sparse activation and expert specialization. An implicit quantile network head predicts arbitrary quantiles, enhancing probabilistic forecasting flexibility. Experiments on GIFT‑Eval, TIME, FEV‑Bench, TFB, and DAG‑Bench show state‑of‑the‑art performance against both pretrained TSFMs and task‑specific supervised models.

By Xingjian Wu, Chenjuan Guo, Xiangfei Qiu, Zhigang Hu, Hanyin Cheng, Peng Chen, Yang Shu, Jilin Hu, Bin Yang
arXiv Machine Learning
5d ago

Seasonal and Quantum-inspired Models for Neutron Monitor Time Series Forecasting

The paper presents a reproducible study of multi‑horizon forecasting on the Lomnicky Stit neutron monitor (LMKS) time series. It evaluates a range of models—from simple seasonal baselines to modern deep sequence models and quantum‑inspired architectures such as QiLSTM and QiKAN—using MAE and RMSE metrics. Results show that the quantum‑inspired KAN variant (QiKAN) achieves the lowest aggregate error, while the simple Seasonal Naive baseline remains highly competitive, indicating that strong seasonal or low‑dimensional functional priors can rival more complex models for highly periodic scientific data.

By Krishna Bhatia, Shalini Devendrababu, Srinjoy Ganguly
arXiv AI
Sep 10

LOBERT: Generative AI Foundation Model for Limit Order Book Messages

The paper introduces LOBERT, a general-purpose encoder-only foundation model designed for financial Limit Order Book (LOB) data. It adapts the BERT architecture by treating entire multi-dimensional LOB messages as single tokens, preserving continuous price, volume, and time representations. LOBERT outperforms prior models in tasks like mid-price movement prediction and next-message forecasting while requiring shorter context lengths.

By Eljas Linna, Kestutis Baltakys, Alexandros Iosifidis, Juho Kanniainen
arXiv AI
6d ago

UQ-LOB: Uncertainty-Aware Limit Order Book Mid-Price Forecasting

UQ-LOB is a lightweight, encoder‑agnostic module that adds uncertainty quantification to any pretrained limit order book (LOB) encoder. It offers two variants: UQ‑regression, which outputs a calibrated Gaussian over future tick displacement, and UQ‑classification, which outputs a categorical distribution over down/up/stationary. On 5.2 billion LOB events across seven cryptocurrency assets, UQ‑regression achieves near‑nominal 68 % interval coverage, and selecting the top 10 % most confident predictions boosts directional macro F1 by 0.11–0.15 for regression and 0.05–0.11 for classification, reaching F1 scores of 0.88 (down) and 0.83 (up) at a 5‑second horizon.

By Derrick Gilchrist Edward Manoharan, Eljas Linna, Kestutis Baltakys, Hao Dong, Juho Kanniainen