Paper proposes a new method to attack Bayesian forecasting models.
problem Lack of research on adversarial attacks against time series forecasting systems.
method Decision analysis based attacking strategy for Bayesian forecasting models.
result Demonstrates the vulnerability of Bayesian forecasting models to adversarial attacks.
Bayesian consensus improves accuracy of forecasts from miscalibrated sources.
problem Aggregating predictions from miscalibrated and noisy sources.
method Bayesian approach to adjust for bias and noise, using hierarchical models.
result Bayesian consensus estimator is unbiased and more efficient than alternatives.
Bayesian model improves asset price forecasting using realized volatility.
problem Improving asset price forecasting accuracy.
method Integrates dynamic gamma process with DLMs for price and realized volatility.
result Significant improvements in asset price forecasting compared to standard models.
Bayesian models forecast COVID-19 hospitalizations at single sites.
problem Forecasting daily COVID-19 hospitalizations at a single hospital.
method Hierarchical Bayesian models with generalized Poisson likelihood and autoregressive/Gaussian process latent processes.
result Demonstrated superior performance compared to baselines in public datasets.
Study forecasts stock returns on JSE using SGDLMs capturing cross-series dependencies.
problem Accurate forecasting of multivariate time series data.
method Simultaneous Graphical Dynamic Linear Models (SGDLMs) with customised DLMs and importance sampling/mean-field variational Bayes.
result SGDLMs accurately forecast stock data on JSE and respond to market changes.
DBNs improve VaR forecasting compared to traditional models, but SVaR forecasts are conservative.
problem Forecasting VaR and SVaR using dynamic Bayesian networks.
method DBN framework applied to S&P 500 index returns, comparing to autoregressive models and historical simulation.
result DBNs achieve comparable VaR forecasting accuracy to historical simulation models, but SVaR forecasts remain conservative.
Quantum kernel improves probabilistic time series forecasting.
problem Quantifying uncertainty in probabilistic time series predictions.
method Integrates quantum kernel with Gaussian process regression.
result Quantum kernel enhances forecasting performance.
We propose a betting strategy based on Bayesian logistic regression modeling for the probability forecasting game in the framework of game-theoretic probability by Shafer and Vovk (2001). We prove some results concerning the strong law of large numbers in the probability forecasting game with side information based on …
The paper develops fast Bayesian methods for estimating huge PVARs with competitive forecasts.
problem Computational and statistical issues in estimating PVARs with many parameters.
method Integrated rotated Gaussian approximations, exploiting domestic over international information, and fast approximations for international coefficients.
result Produces competitive forecasts quickly using a huge world economy model.
Bayesian realized EGARCH models improve tail risk forecasting.
problem Forecasting tail risks in financial markets.
method Developed a Bayesian framework for realized EGARCH models, incorporating multiple realized volatility measures and using robust adaptive Metropolis algorithm for estimation.
result Standardized skewed Student-t distribution and sub-sampled realized range models outperform other models in tail risk forecasting.
Improves model predictability by mixing forecasts and orthogonalizing models.
problem Redundant models contaminate model space and degrade predictive performance.
method Principal Component Analysis for model orthogonalization in Bayesian forecast mixing.
result Better prediction accuracy and excellent uncertainty quantification.
BAVART model combines VAR and BART for non-linear forecasting.
problem Overly restrictive linearity assumption in VAR models.
method Combining VAR with Bayesian additive regression trees (BART).
result BAVART model yields highly competitive forecasts.
Bayesian Context Trees model improves financial time series forecasting.
problem Modeling and forecasting financial time series with volatility asymmetries.
method Hierarchical Bayesian framework for tree-based mixture models with AR/ARCH base models.
result BCT-X framework outperforms state-of-the-art techniques in forecasting accuracy and computational efficiency.
Develops BPDS for better financial portfolio decisions.
problem Model uncertainty in financial time series forecasting.
method Bayesian dynamic modelling and predictive decision synthesis.
result Improved predictive and decision outcomes compared to traditional Bayesian analysis.
Bayesian model predicts evolving guest origin markets in tourism.
problem Forecasting the changing composition of guest origin markets in tourism.
method Developed and applied Bayesian Dirichlet autoregressive moving average (BDARMA) models to Airbnb booking data.
result BDARMA models achieve lower forecast error and competitive performance in guest origin market shares.
Bayesian models predict evolving guest origin markets in tourism.
problem Forecasting the changing composition of guest origin markets in tourism.
method Developed and applied Bayesian Dirichlet autoregressive moving average (BDARMA) models to Airbnb booking data.
result BDARMA models outperform standard benchmarks in forecasting guest origin market shares.
Bayesian methods detect and forecast inclinometer anomalies in UK rail data.
problem Detecting and predicting dangerous movements in earthwork slopes.
method Bayesian UQ techniques applied to latent Markov process and non-linear Bayesian filter.
result Anomaly detection and forecasting demonstrated on large real-world data.
Bayesian model predicts oncology demand trends with high accuracy.
problem Accurate forecasting of oncology demand for resource planning.
method Boosting-based Bayesian conjugate models for Poisson process.
result Model outperforms other methods in trend detection accuracy.
Bayesian framework forecasts financial tail risks using realized volatility and nonlinear thresholds.
problem Forecasting financial tail risks using realized volatility and nonlinear thresholds.
method Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo method for model estimation; nonlinear threshold regression specification.
result The proposed framework produces competitive tail risk forecasts compared to GARCH and Realized-GARCH models.
Bayesian framework selects features and lags for time series forecasting.
problem Variable selection and lagged error term identification in time series models.
method Hierarchical Bayesian models with spike-and-slab priors, two-stage MCMC algorithm.
result Posterior selection consistency under mild conditions, improved predictive performance.
This paper studies uncertainty quantification in deep spatiotemporal forecasting.
problem Uncertainty quantification in deep spatiotemporal forecasting models.
method Analysis of UQ methods from Bayesian and frequentist perspectives, including statistical decision theory.
result Different UQ methods have different strengths and weaknesses, with Bayesian methods being more robust in mean prediction and frequentist methods providing more extensive coverage.
BSG learns dynamic network spillovers and uncertainty quantification.
problem Identifying indirect spillovers and systemic risk in dynamic networks.
method Bayesian Spillover Graphs using FEVD and Bayesian time series models.
result Significant performance gains over baselines in identifying source and sink nodes.
Schervish (1985b) showed that every forecasting system is noncalibrated for uncountably many data sequences that it might see. This result is strengthened here: from a topological point of view, failure of calibration is typical and calibration rare. Meanwhile, Bayesian forecasters are certain that they are calibrated-…
QBVAR improves oil price forecasting across quantiles, especially for downside risk.
problem Forecasting oil prices across different quantiles for better risk assessment.
method Quantile Bayesian Vector Autoregression (QBVAR) model.
result QBVAR improves median forecasts by 2-5% and left-tail forecast improvements of 10-25% during crisis episodes.
The 2006 sudden and immense downturn in U.S. House Prices sparked the 2007 global financial crisis and revived the interest about forecasting such imminent threats for economic stability. In this paper we propose a novel hybrid forecasting methodology that combines the Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD) from …
Paper introduces COBRA variations for multivariate time series forecasting.
problem Multivariate time series forecasting challenges.
method Innovative COBRA variations, data preprocessing, Bayesian optimisation vs. grid search.
result Proposed methodologies outperform state-of-the-art models.
Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are nonlinear dynamical models commonly used in the machine learning and dynamical systems literature to represent complex dynamical or sequential relationships between variables. More recently, as deep learning models have become more common, RNNs have been used to forecast increasingl…
A new Bayesian model improves forecasting for intermittent demand.
problem Sparse observations, cold-start items, and obsolescence in intermittent demand forecasting.
method Hierarchical Bayesian TSB model with partial pooling and calibrated probabilistic configuration.
result TSB-HB achieves the lowest RMSE and RMSSE on the UCI Online Retail dataset.
Bayesian model uses simple functions to forecast macroeconomic data.
problem Forecasting large datasets in macroeconomics with complex nonlinear relationships.
method Sum of simple two-component location mixtures, logistic function threshold, conjugate priors.
result Accurate point and density forecasts in US macroeconomic aggregates.
HS-BQR extends horseshoe prior for Bayesian quantile regression.
problem Estimating quantiles in high-dimensional data with bias and error.
method Horseshoe prior for Bayesian quantile regression with a fast sampling algorithm.
result HS-BQR outperforms other shrinkage priors in coefficient bias and forecast error.
This study improves tail risk forecasting by integrating overnight information into semi-parametric models.
problem Improving tail risk forecasting in financial markets.
method Proposes RES-CAViaR-oc models combining overnight return and realized volatility, using Bayesian estimation.
result Realized volatility and overnight return significantly improve tail risk forecasting.
New method reduces forecasting error by up to 67% in various data types.
problem Outliers and model misspecification in online infinite hidden Markov models.
method Batched Robust iHMM (BR-iHMM) with bounded posterior influence function.
result Reduces one-step-ahead forecasting error by up to 67% in various data types.
Study evaluates various regularization methods for electricity price forecasting.
problem Improving accuracy of electricity price predictions.
method Applied ten different penalty functions to two model structures in two electricity markets.
result LQ and elastic net consistently produce more accurate forecasts than other regularization types.
New framework forecasts both supply and demand in rental markets.
problem Booking models ignore supply, leading to regime-specific ceilings.
method Three-part coupling framework (behavioral, informational, intervention).
result Booking models learn a regime-specific ceiling and become fragile.
RNN-HAR model improves VaR forecasting with long-memory and non-linear dynamics.
problem Efficiently forecasting Value at Risk (VaR) with long-memory and non-linear realized volatility.
method Loss-based generalized Bayesian inference with Sequential Monte Carlo for model estimation and prediction.
result RNN-HAR model consistently outperforms other VaR forecasting models.
Paper proposes efficient methods for forecasting with large datasets.
problem Forecasting with large, high-dimensional economic data sets.
method Bayesian hierarchical priors, factor graphs, message passing algorithms, Generalized Approximate Message Passing (GAMP).
result The proposed methods outperform traditional approaches in forecasting U.S. price inflation.
Nonlocal Bayesian modeling for continuous spatio-temporal dynamics
problem Handling irregular time points, sparse observations, and nonlocal interactions in spatio-temporal forecasting
method Hierarchical Bayesian framework with coordinate-based spatial basis expansion and continuous-time ODE
result Strong forecasting and uncertainty calibration
Improves forecasting accuracy and uncertainty characterization for spatio-temporal data.
problem Lack of uncertainty characterization in classical and deep learning models for spatio-temporal data.
method Bayesian inference using particle flow for approximating the posterior distribution of hidden states.
result Our approach provides better uncertainty characterization while maintaining comparable accuracy.
Improved Gibbs sampler speeds up Bayesian exponential smoothing model.
problem Computational inefficiency of original NUTS sampler.
method Modifications to the original model and a bespoke Gibbs sampler.
result Significant improvement in sampling time by an order of magnitude.
New method uses MMAF-guided learning for spatio-temporal probabilistic forecasts.
problem Probabilistic forecasting of spatio-temporal data with causal structure.
method Generalized Bayesian methodology, MMAF-guided learning, ensemble of stochastic feed-forward neural networks.
result Forecast performance comparable to, and sometimes better than, deep learning architectures.
Paper presents a method for imputing and forecasting structural response from incomplete sensor data.
problem Missing sensor data in structural health monitoring (SHM).
method Incremental Bayesian tensor learning for spatiotemporal missing data reconstruction and forecasting.
result The proposed method achieves accurate and robust imputation and prediction even with high rates of missing data.
Bayesian Transformer improves probabilistic load forecasting with calibrated uncertainty estimates.
problem Overconfident point predictions from deep learning models fail under extreme weather distributional shifts.
method Integrates three uncertainty mechanisms: MC Dropout, variational layers, and stochastic attention.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance with CRPS of 0.0289 and 90% PICP across various horizons.
We consider the forecast aggregation problem in repeated settings, where the forecasts are done on a binary event. At each period multiple experts provide forecasts about an event. The goal of the aggregator is to aggregate those forecasts into a subjective accurate forecast. We assume that experts are Bayesian; namely…
New method predicts spatio-temporal data with short and long-range dependence.
problem Uncertainty in predicting the distribution of mixed moving average fields.
method Theory-guided machine learning approach using generalized Bayesian algorithm.
result Fixed-time and any-time PAC Bayesian bounds for ensemble forecasts.
This paper studies the forecasting ability of cryptocurrency time series. This study is about the four most capitalized cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Ripple. Different Bayesian models are compared, including models with constant and time-varying volatility, such as stochastic volatility and GARCH. M…
Develops effective adversarial attacks on probabilistic forecasting models.
problem Adversarial attacks on neural models outputting probability distributions.
method Effective generation of adversarial attacks through Monte-Carlo estimation and Bayesian conditioning.
result Demonstrates successful generation of attacks with small input perturbations.
Bayesian model predicts crack evolution on rails with uncertainties.
problem Predicting crack evolution on railways due to complex interactions and uncertainties.
method Robust Bayesian multi-horizon approach with constraints.
result Trade-off between prediction accuracy and constraint compliance.
Bayesian time series forecasting improves by dynamically adapting to recent information.
problem Lack of forgetting mechanism in signature kernel for time series forecasting.
method Introducing a novel forgetting mechanism for signature features using Random Fourier Decayed Signature Features (RFDSF) with Gaussian processes (GPs).
result Demonstrates superior performance compared to other GP-based alternatives and state-of-the-art probabilistic time series forecasting algorithms.