Summary of Restad: Reconstruction and Similarity Based Transformer For Time Series Anomaly Detection, by Ramin Ghorbani et al.
RESTAD: REconstruction and Similarity based Transformer for time series Anomaly Detection
by Ramin Ghorbani, Marcel J.T. Reinders, David M.J. Tax
First submitted to arxiv on: 13 May 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 Anomaly detection in time series data is a crucial problem in various domains, where the scarcity of labeled data has led to increased attention towards unsupervised learning methods. However, traditional approaches relying solely on reconstruction error often fail to detect subtle anomalies in complex datasets. To address this, researchers introduce RESTAD, an adaptation of the Transformer model that incorporates Radial Basis Function (RBF) neurons within its architecture. The RBF layer fits a non-parametric density in the latent representation, allowing for high RBF outputs indicating similarity with predominantly normal training data. By integrating RBF similarity scores with reconstruction errors, RESTAD increases sensitivity to anomalies. Empirical evaluations demonstrate that RESTAD outperforms various established baselines across multiple benchmark datasets. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine trying to find something unusual in a long series of numbers or measurements. This is called anomaly detection, and it’s important for many fields like finance, healthcare, and more. The problem is that we don’t always have labels telling us what’s normal and what’s not. To solve this, researchers created RESTAD, a new way to use the Transformer model that helps find anomalies. It does this by looking at how similar the data is to what it has seen before, which makes it better at finding subtle changes. By combining this method with existing techniques, RESTAD can detect unusual patterns in datasets and outperforms other methods. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Anomaly detection * Attention * Time series * Transformer * Unsupervised
