Summary of Cvtn: Cross Variable and Temporal Integration For Time Series Forecasting, by Han Zhou et al.
CVTN: Cross Variable and Temporal Integration for Time Series Forecasting
by Han Zhou, Yuntian Chen
First submitted to arxiv on: 29 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Applications (stat.AP)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper addresses two key challenges in multivariate time series forecasting using Transformer architecture: effectively extracting features from historical sequences and avoiding overfitting while learning temporal dependencies. The authors introduce the Cross-Variable and Time Network (CVTN) method, which separates forecasting into two phases: cross-variable learning for feature extraction and cross-time learning to capture temporal dependencies. This approach helps mitigate overfitting’s impact on cross-variable learning. Experimental results on various real-world datasets demonstrate state-of-the-art performance. CVTN emphasizes three key aspects in time series forecasting: locality and longevity, feature mining from historical and prediction sequences, and the integration of cross-variable and cross-time learning. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps computers predict what will happen next in a series of data points over time. The authors create a new way to do this using an architecture called Transformer. They make two important changes: they teach the computer to find patterns in past data, and they help the computer avoid getting too good at guessing one specific pattern and forgetting about others. This approach works really well on real-world data sets and can be used for many different types of forecasting. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Feature extraction » Overfitting » Time series » Transformer
