Summary of Unified Training Of Universal Time Series Forecasting Transformers, by Gerald Woo et al.
Unified Training of Universal Time Series Forecasting Transformers
by Gerald Woo, Chenghao Liu, Akshat Kumar, Caiming Xiong, Silvio Savarese, Doyen Sahoo
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper presents a novel deep learning approach to time series forecasting, addressing the limitations of traditional one-model-per-dataset frameworks. The authors introduce the concept of universal forecasting, where a single Large Time Series Model (LTSM) is pre-trained on a vast collection of time series datasets to tackle diverse downstream forecasting tasks. To overcome challenges in cross-frequency learning, multivariate time series, and varying distributional properties, the authors propose enhancements to the conventional Transformer architecture, resulting in the Masked Encoder-based Universal Time Series Forecasting Transformer (Moirai). Moirai is trained on the Large-scale Open Time Series Archive (LOTSA), a dataset featuring over 27 billion observations across nine domains. The model achieves competitive or superior performance as a zero-shot forecaster compared to full-shot models, demonstrating its potential for real-world applications. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about developing a new way to predict future events based on past data. Right now, we have many different methods to make predictions, but they are all limited to specific types of data. The authors want to create one powerful tool that can be used for any type of prediction. To do this, they need to solve some tricky problems about how to combine information from different sources and handle large amounts of data. They propose a new way to build a model called Moirai, which is trained on a massive dataset with over 27 billion pieces of information. This model can make good predictions without needing any additional training, making it useful for real-world applications. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Deep learning * Encoder * Time series * Transformer * Zero shot
