Summary of Enhancing Multivariate Time Series Forecasting with Mutual Information-driven Cross-variable and Temporal Modeling, by Shiyi Qi et al.
Enhancing Multivariate Time Series Forecasting with Mutual Information-driven Cross-Variable and Temporal Modeling
by Shiyi Qi, Liangjian Wen, Yiduo Li, Yuanhang Yang, Zhe Li, Zhongwen Rao, Lujia Pan, Zenglin Xu
First submitted to arxiv on: 1 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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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 introduces a new approach to multivariate time series forecasting (MTSF) that combines two techniques: Cross-variable Decorrelation Aware feature Modeling (CDAM) and Temporal correlation Aware Modeling (TAM). CDAM aims to refine Channel-mixing approaches by minimizing redundant information between channels while enhancing relevant mutual information. TAM exploits temporal correlations, going beyond conventional single-step forecasting methods. The authors combine CDAM and TAM in a novel framework that significantly surpasses existing models in comprehensive tests. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper is about making better predictions for many things that happen over time, like stock prices or weather. It looks at two ways to do this: one way is to look at each thing separately, while the other way is to look at how different things are connected. The researchers think that using these connections can make their method even better. They introduce a new way of doing this by getting rid of any extra information that isn’t helping and keeping the important connections. They also use time to help them make predictions, which makes it more accurate than just looking at one point in time. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Time series
