Summary of Unsupervised Distance Metric Learning For Anomaly Detection Over Multivariate Time Series, by Hanyang Yuan et al.
Unsupervised Distance Metric Learning for Anomaly Detection Over Multivariate Time Series
by Hanyang Yuan, Qinglin Cai, Keting Yin
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Mar 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 proposes a novel unsupervised distance metric learning method for anomaly detection in multivariate time series (MTS). The proposed FCM-wDTW method encodes raw data into latent space, revealing normal dimension relationships through cluster centers. By introducing locally weighted dynamic time warping (DTW) into fuzzy C-means clustering, the model learns the optimal latent space efficiently, enabling anomaly identification via data reconstruction. The approach outperforms existing methods in terms of accuracy and efficiency on 11 different benchmark datasets. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper creates a new way to find anomalies in complex time series data that has many features. It uses a combination of techniques called fuzzy C-means clustering and dynamic time warping to learn about the normal patterns in the data. Then, it uses this knowledge to identify unusual events or anomalies. The method is tested on many different types of data and shows good results. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Anomaly detection * Clustering * Latent space * Time series * Unsupervised
