Ebay uses forecasting and simulation to decide when to disable a vendor.
problem Determining the optimal time to disable a vendor to avoid customer loss.
method Data-driven approach involving multiplicative seasonality model, Monte Carlo simulation, and linear model.
result Identifies the best time to disable a vendor to minimize customer loss.
Proposes a variational autoencoder for long-term customer revenue forecasting.
problem Predicting long-term customer revenue from sparse and irregular transaction data.
method Variational Autoencoder (VAE) with flexible latent representation.
result Improves upon latest benchmarks in multiple real-world datasets.
Custom loss functions improve accuracy of wildfire rate of spread forecasts.
problem Improving accuracy of wildfire rate of spread forecasts.
method Examined custom loss functions in machine learning models of fuel moisture content.
result Custom loss functions improved accuracy of ROS forecasts by a small amount.
This paper monetizes customer load data to boost energy retailer profits.
problem Improving load forecasts to reduce energy imbalance costs.
method Cooperative game theory approach to quantify and distribute profits.
result Retailer gains significant profit from customer load data.
Paper benchmarks and customizes energy forecasting methods.
problem Energy forecasting challenges and differences from traditional time series.
method Collected large-scale load datasets and renewable energy datasets. Developed feature engineering and customized loss functions.
result Comprehensive evaluation of 21 forecasting methods in energy datasets.
A novel CAB-XDE framework predicts speculative stock prices with high accuracy.
problem Forecasting speculative stock prices in volatile markets.
method Customized attention BiLSTM with XGBoost, integrating attention mechanism and weight determination theory-error reciprocal method.
result Empirically validated with MAPE of 0.0037, MAE of 84.40, and RMSE of 106.14.
Firms miscount their customers who stop buying without saying goodbye.
problem Counting non-contractual customers accurately.
method Estimating repeat purchase probabilities and extrapolating to infinite time.
result The count of alive customers is only partially identified, with a wide range of estimates.
Improved forecast accuracy for Knitwear by 20% using adaptive AI/ML model.
problem Low accuracy in demand forecasts for Knitwear product category.
method Dynamic selection of the best algorithm from an algorithm rack based on performance and context.
result Increased forecast accuracy from 60% to 80% for Knitwear.
A novel algorithm predicts customized allergy seasons using multi-variate triple-regression.
problem Predicting customized allergy seasons for individual patients.
method Triple-regression algorithm with pre-processing and three-stage regressions.
result Improved forecasting accuracy and reduced uncertainty.
Comparative study of neural networks for short-term FOREX forecasting.
problem Simulating expert judgment in foreign exchange market forecasting.
method Implemented and compared LSTM and ANN architectures for short-term FOREX forecasting.
result ANN custom architecture outperforms LSTM in prediction quality and resource efficiency.
System uses TDA for user segmentation and demand forecasting.
problem User loyalty and demand forecasting challenges.
method TDA-based clustering of time series data with matrix factorization.
result Significantly higher accuracy in clustering and demand forecasting.
Predicting delayed outcomes is an important problem in recommender systems (e.g., if customers will finish reading an ebook). We formalize the problem as an adversarial, delayed online learning problem and consider how a proxy for the delayed outcome (e.g., if customers read a third of the book in 24 hours) can help mi…
We describe the Customer LifeTime Value (CLTV) prediction system deployed at ASOS.com, a global online fashion retailer. CLTV prediction is an important problem in e-commerce where an accurate estimate of future value allows retailers to effectively allocate marketing spend, identify and nurture high value customers an…
We study a general problem of allocating limited resources to heterogeneous customers over time under model uncertainty. Each type of customer can be serviced using different actions, each of which stochastically consumes some combination of resources, and returns different rewards for the resources consumed. We consid…
Ancillaries have become a major source of revenue and profitability in the travel industry. Yet, conventional pricing strategies are based on business rules that are poorly optimized and do not respond to changing market conditions. This paper describes the dynamic pricing model developed by Deepair solutions, an AI te…
The paper proposes a new method for probabilistic load forecasting using Bernstein-Polynomial Normalizing Flows.
problem High variability in short-term load forecasting at the low-voltage level due to fluctuating demand and increasing electrification.
method Flexible conditional density forecasting based on Bernstein polynomial normalizing flows with neural network control.
result Density predictions outperform traditional methods for 24h-ahead load forecasting.
An accurate load forecasting has always been one of the main indispensable parts in the operation and planning of power systems. Among different time horizons of forecasting, while short-term load forecasting (STLF) and long-term load forecasting (LTLF) have respectively got benefits of accurate predictors and probabil…
Study improves retail demand forecasting by integrating macroeconomic data.
problem Lack of accurate demand forecasting due to incomplete data.
method Enriched time series data with macroeconomic variables; compared regression and machine learning models.
result Improved accuracy in predicting retail demand through comprehensive data integration.
Automating the customer analytics process is crucial for companies that manage distinct customer bases. In such data-rich and dynamic environments, visualization plays a key role in understanding events of interest. These ideas have led to the popularity of analytics dashboards, yet academic research has paid scant att…
ARIMA model outperforms advanced forecasting models in predicting Walmart sales.
problem Forecasting volatile retail sales trends with unknown factors.
method Benchmarked traditional ARIMA model against advanced models like Prophet and LightGBM on historical Walmart sales data.
result ARIMA model outperforms LightGBM and achieves computational efficiency.
Deep learning model reduces food waste by stabilizing online food delivery supply chains.
problem Wastage and bullwhip effect in online food delivery services.
method Two-phase LSTM network for demand forecasting, newsvendor model for inventory management.
result Significant reduction in bullwhip effect and food waste, improved forecasting accuracy.
Proposes a neural network for accurate and reconciled hierarchical time series forecasting.
problem Forecasting and reconciling hierarchical time series data.
method Uses a deep neural network to directly produce accurate and reconciled forecasts, minimizing a customized loss function at training time.
result Our approach outperforms state-of-the-art competitors in hierarchical forecasting on real-world datasets.
Unified R packages for forecast reconciliation of constrained series.
problem Improving accuracy and coherence of forecasts for linearly constrained multiple time series.
method Classical and machine learning-based linear reconciliation approaches for cross-sectional, temporal, and cross-temporal frameworks.
result Unified toolbox for forecast reconciliation in R.
This study enhances sales forecasts by integrating market indicators into forecasting models.
problem Traditional forecasting models rely solely on historical demand data.
method Automated integration of macroeconomic time series data (GDP growth) into forecasting models using feature selection methods.
result Feature selection methods, especially Forward Feature Selection, significantly improve forecasting accuracy.
Study improves cryptocurrency price prediction using unlabeled text data.
problem Predicting cryptocurrency returns from unlabelled text data.
method Introduced weak learning approach to finetune BERT on unlabeled text data.
result Finetuning pretrained NLP models with weak labels enhances forecast accuracy.
Graph neural networks improve volatility forecasting by capturing spillover effects.
problem Forecasting multivariate realized volatility with spillover effects.
method Customized graph neural networks incorporating spillover effects from multi-hop neighbors.
result Modeling nonlinear spillover effects enhances forecasting accuracy, especially for short-term horizons.
Foundation models improve volatility forecasting in finance.
problem Improving volatility forecasting in financial markets.
method Evaluation of TimesFM model, incremental fine-tuning, comparison with econometric benchmarks.
result Incremental fine-tuning improves forecast accuracy and outperforms traditional models.
Model equilibrium price in intraday electricity markets with uncertainty.
problem Formulate equilibrium model for intraday electricity trading with balancing constraints and uncertainty.
method Develop equilibrium model with agents' balancing constraints, forecasted consumption, production uncertainties, and Markov chain outages.
result Existence and uniqueness of equilibrium price as a martingale, with insights into price formation and impact of uncertainty.
Managing data storage growth is of crucial importance to businesses. Poor practices can lead to large data and financial losses. Access to storage information along with timely action, or capacity forecasting, are essential to avoid these losses. In addition, ensuring high accuracy of capacity forecast estimates along …
Paper predicts recycling bin full events to reduce RVM downtime.
problem Predicting bin full events to increase RVM uptime.
method Hybrid approach combining machine learning and statistical approximation.
result Forecasting leads to less downtime and costs compared to emptying strategies.
Deep neural networks forecast financial return distributions accurately.
problem Forecasting probability distributions of financial returns.
method Used 1D CNN and LSTM architectures with custom loss functions to optimize distribution parameters.
result LSTM with skewed Student's t distribution outperformed classical models in multiple evaluation metrics.
Optimizes forecast accuracy and diversity using multi-task deep learning.
problem Forecasting combinations of time series data.
method Multi-task deep learning architecture that selects and combines forecasting models.
result Enhances point forecast accuracy compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Improved stock price prediction using LSTM with customized loss function and analyst calls.
problem Forecasting stock prices using LSTM neural networks.
method Customized LSTM model with improved loss function, analyst calls integration, and attention units.
result Improved performance of LSTM model over ARIMA for stock price prediction.
OLinear forecasts time series more efficiently by transforming data orthogonally.
problem Efficiently forecasting time series with entangled dependencies.
method OLinear uses OrthoTrans to transform data orthogonally, then applies NormLin for linear layer.
result OLinear achieves state-of-the-art performance with high efficiency.
Water managers in the western United States (U.S.) rely on longterm forecasts of temperature and precipitation to prepare for droughts and other wet weather extremes. To improve the accuracy of these longterm forecasts, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launch…
Deep generative models improve global precipitation forecasts.
problem Accurately forecasting extreme rainfall is challenging and costly.
method Trained a Conditional Generative Adversarial Network (CorrectorGAN) to correct and super-resolve global precipitation forecasts.
result CorrectorGAN produces high-resolution, bias-corrected forecasts in seconds.
DEPTS learns to forecast periodic time series with improved accuracy.
problem Forecasting periodic time series is challenging due to complex dependencies and diverse periods.
method DEPTS uses a decoupled formulation with an expansion module and a periodicity module to handle these challenges.
result DEPTS significantly improves forecasting accuracy, reducing errors by up to 20%.
Automated framework forecasts correlated time series in minutes.
problem Forecasting correlated time series with high accuracy and efficiency.
method Data-driven iterative pruning, zero-shot search, fast parameter adaptation.
result Framework achieves state-of-the-art accuracy and is faster than existing methods.
New method uses conformal prediction for time series forecasting, accounting for temporal correlation.
problem Uncertainty quantification in temporally correlated time series data.
method Time series decomposition with component-wise conformal prediction.
result The method provides customized prediction intervals for different temporal components.
Enhances financial time series forecasting with a multi-period learning framework.
problem Accurate financial time series forecasting requires considering both short-term and long-term trends.
method Proposes a Multi-period Learning Framework (MLF) with three modules: Inter-period Redundancy Filtering, Learnable Weighted-average Integration, and Multi-period self-Adaptive Patching.
result Improves financial time series forecasting accuracy and efficiency.
Warped DLMs improve forecasting for count time series.
problem Limited options for modeling count time series data.
method Introduces a semiparametric methodology using warping of Gaussian DLMs.
result Demonstrates improved forecasting capabilities for count time series.
Hybrid QNN-LSTM predicts financial stock market trends using quantum computing.
problem Complex temporal dependencies and market fluctuations in financial time-series forecasting.
method Custom QNN regressor with hybrid optimization strategies.
result Hybrid models integrate quantum computing into financial forecasting workflows.
This paper addresses the problem of time series forecasting for non-stationary signals and multiple future steps prediction. To handle this challenging task, we introduce DILATE (DIstortion Loss including shApe and TimE), a new objective function for training deep neural networks. DILATE aims at accurately predicting s…
We develop a new DTSM with nonlinearities using Gaussian Processes for better interest rate forecasting.
problem Linear DTSMs fail to capture nonlinear relationships between macroeconomic variables and interest rates.
method We propose a Gaussian Process-based sequential Monte Carlo estimation and forecasting scheme.
result Nonlinear models outperform linear ones in forecasting core inflation, leading to significant economic value gains.
We introduce the Pricing Engine package to enable the use of Double ML estimation techniques in general panel data settings. Customization allows the user to specify first-stage models, first-stage featurization, second stage treatment selection and second stage causal-modeling. We also introduce a DynamicDML class tha…
The purpose of this study was to build a customer selection model based on 20 dimensions, including customer codes, total contribution, assets, deposit, profit, profit rate, trading volume, trading amount, turnover rate, order amount, withdraw amount, withdraw rate, process fee, process fee submitted, process fee retai…
This paper explores good practices for AI explainability in finance.
problem Complex financial models lack transparency and interpretability.
method Exploring good practices for deploying explainability in AI-based financial systems.
result Developing effective XAI tools for the financial industry.
DCE learns customer embeddings from digital activity and financial context.
problem Comprehensive customer understanding in financial services.
method Leverages customers' digital activity and financial context to learn dense representations.
result DCE showed performance lift in three prediction problems.