Summary of Faststi: a Fast Conditional Pseudo Numerical Diffusion Model For Spatio-temporal Traffic Data Imputation, by Shaokang Cheng et al.
FastSTI: A Fast Conditional Pseudo Numerical Diffusion Model for Spatio-temporal Traffic Data Imputation
by Shaokang Cheng, Nada Osman, Shiru Qu, Lamberto Ballan
First submitted to arxiv on: 20 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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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 addresses the critical issue of missing data in intelligent transportation systems (ITS), which relies on high-quality spatiotemporal traffic data for its applications. Recent studies have shown that deep generative models can effectively impute missing data by capturing the spatial and temporal correlations of traffic patterns. However, these models often suffer from slow sampling/denoising processes, limiting their practicality. To accelerate this process while retaining performance, the authors propose a fast conditional diffusion model for spatiotemporal traffic data imputation (FastSTI). The method incorporates a high-order pseudo-numerical solver and a variance schedule alignment strategy during the sampling process. Experimental results on two real-world traffic datasets with different missing data scenarios demonstrate FastSTI’s ability to generate higher-quality samples in just six sampling steps, outperforming the state-of-the-art model while achieving a speed-up of 8.3 times. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about fixing a big problem in transportation systems. When we collect traffic data, there are often gaps or missing information that makes it hard to use the data correctly. The authors want to find a way to fill in these gaps quickly and accurately. They look at how deep learning models can help with this task and then try to make those models work faster. They come up with a new method called FastSTI that uses special techniques to speed up the process without sacrificing quality. Tests on real-world data show that FastSTI does a great job of filling in missing information quickly, even when there’s a lot missing. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Alignment » Deep learning » Diffusion model » Spatiotemporal
