arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 8

Temporal Predictive Multiplicity: Equally Accurate Time Series Models Yield Different Forecast Trajectories

The paper introduces temporal predictive multiplicity, a framework that examines how models with nearly identical predictive performance can produce markedly different forecast trajectories in time‑series forecasting. It demonstrates that even when models meet the same performance criteria, they can diverge significantly across the entire forecast horizon, and that limiting multiplicity at individual horizons only partially mitigates this issue. Experiments on 19 neural forecasting architectures across 11 datasets confirm that trajectory‑level disagreement is largely independent of horizon‑wise disagreement, revealing a gap in prior multiplicity studies.

By Emanuele Albini, Francesca Toni, Saumitra Mishra, Francesco Leofante
arXiv AI
Aug 18

AsyTO: Asymmetric Temporal Operator for Parameter-Efficient Multivariate Time Series Forecasting

arXiv:2608. 16098v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Multivariate time-series forecasting faces a structural dilemma: sharing one temporal predictor across variables is parameter-efficient but forces heterogeneous variables through an identical history-to-future map, whereas learning an independent predictor per variable restores flexibility at a cost that grows with the product of variable count, context length, and horizon.

By Xiachong Lin, Du Yin, Hao Xue, Wen Hu, Imran Razzak, Arian Prabowo, Matthew Amos, Flora D. Salim
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 10

Interpretable deep convolutional model for nonlinear multivariate time series in complex systems

arXiv:2501. 04339v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We introduce the Deep Convolutional Interpreter for Time Series (DCIts), a deep-learning architecture for nonlinear multivariate time series that provides sample-specific, locally interpretable descriptions of the underlying interaction structure.

By Domjan Baric, Davor Horvatic
arXiv AI
Aug 10

Seeking SOTA: Time-Series Forecasting Must Adopt Taxonomy-Specific Evaluation to Dispel Illusory Gains

arXiv:2603. 15506v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We argue that the current practice of evaluating AI/ML time-series forecasting models, predominantly on benchmarks characterized by strong, persistent periodicities and seasonalities, obscures real progress by overlooking the performance of efficient classical methods.

By Raeid Saqur, Christoph Bergmeir, Blanka Horvath, Daniel Schmidt, Frank Rudzicz, Terry Lyons