Study improves seasonal forecasts using deep learning.
problem Challenges in generating large forecast ensembles and limited observations for verification.
method Developed a probabilistic deep neural network model.
result Demonstrated favorable skill compared to state-of-the-art dynamical forecast systems.
Proposes a method for forecasting time series with multiple seasonality.
problem Forecasting time series with both short-term and long-term seasonality is challenging.
method Two-stage method: first generalizes ARMA model for multiple seasonality, second selects lag order.
result Method outperforms `Facebook Prophet` model in predictive performance.
Generating forecasts for time series with multiple seasonal cycles is an important use-case for many industries nowadays. Accounting for the multi-seasonal patterns becomes necessary to generate more accurate and meaningful forecasts in these contexts. In this paper, we propose Long Short-Term Memory Multi-Seasonal Net…
ST-MTM models complex time series by decomposing and masking seasonal and trend components.
problem Forecasting complex time series with intricate temporal variations.
method Seasonal-Trend Decomposition with Masking and Contrastive Learning.
result ST-MTM achieves superior forecasting performance compared to existing methods.
Machine learning predicts seasonal precipitation for East Africa.
problem Predicting seasonal precipitation for East Africa using machine learning.
method Dimension reduction via EOFs, large-scale climate variability indices as features, interpretable ML algorithm.
result The ML approach shows significant positive skill in predicting precipitation for OND season, comparable to ECMWF forecasts.
Advanced forecasting models outperform Holt-Winters and ARIMA for stock market data.
problem Forecasting stock market data with improved accuracy.
method Developed 24 two-parameter families of forecasting functions using a nonparametric approach.
result Our models outperform Holt-Winters and ARIMA in terms of lower sum of absolute errors and higher number of accurate forecasts.
New method corrects seasonal Arctic sea ice predictions with probabilistic models.
problem Systematic biases and errors in climate model forecasts of Arctic sea ice.
method Conditional Variational Autoencoder model to map observation distribution given biased model predictions.
result Probabilistic adjusted forecasts are better calibrated and have smaller errors.
Seasonal influenza infects between 10 and 50 million people in the United States every year, overburdening hospitals during weeks of peak incidence. Named by the CDC as an important tool to fight the damaging effects of these epidemics, accurate forecasts of influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) forewarn public he…
Novel approach predicts long-term seasonal component of electricity prices for improved forecasting.
problem Improving day-ahead electricity price forecasting accuracy.
method Extracts trend-seasonal pattern from extrapolated price series using autoregressive and LASSO models.
result Improves predictive accuracy by 3-15% in root mean squared error and 1% in profits.
KEDformer improves long-term time series forecasting with seasonal-trend decomposition.
problem Accurate long-term predictions in energy, finance, and meteorology.
method Knowledge extraction-driven framework integrating seasonal-trend decomposition.
result KEDformer enhances model's ability to capture short-term and long-term patterns.
Multiple seasonal patterns play a key role in time series forecasting, especially for business time series where seasonal effects are often dramatic. Previous approaches including Fourier decomposition, exponential smoothing, and seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) models do not reflect the disti…
Enhanced time series forecasting with improved trend and seasonal components.
problem Challenges in real-world time series forecasting, especially in multivariate applications.
method Individual decomposition of trend and seasonal components, using different approaches for each.
result Significant reduction in error values, around 10% MSE average reduction across benchmarks.
Providing long-range forecasts is a fundamental challenge in time series modeling, which is only compounded by the challenge of having to form such forecasts when a time series has never previously been observed. The latter challenge is the time series version of the cold-start problem seen in recommender systems which…
Deep learning models predict call center volumes with seasonal patterns.
problem Forecasting call center volumes with complex seasonal behavior.
method Investigated recurrent neural networks (RNNs) including Elman, LSTM, and GRU models.
result Optimal RNN configurations outperform other forecasting techniques.
Graph neural networks improve El Niño forecasts.
problem Improving seasonal forecasting accuracy for El Niño-Southern Oscillation.
method Designing a novel graph connectivity learning module to model large-scale spatial interactions with ENSO forecasting.
result Our model \graphino outperforms state-of-the-art models for forecasts up to six months ahead.
This paper improves sales forecasting on Tmall using Fourier decomposition and Tweedie distribution optimization.
problem Sales forecasting for retailers on Tmall.
method Fourier decomposition for seasonality extraction and Tweedie distribution optimization.
result Improved sales forecasting results using optimized models.
CSP improves time-series forecasting without training, outperforming DeepNPTS in speed and accuracy.
problem Improving probabilistic time-series forecasting without training.
method Mixing empirical and residual draws around a seasonal naive forecast.
result CSP significantly outperforms DeepNPTS on CRPS, normalized mean quantile loss, and coverage metrics.
Long short-term memory network outperforms seasonal model in JSE Top 40 forecasting.
problem Comparing neural network performance to traditional models in financial forecasting.
method Used long short-term memory network for JSE Top 40 return data forecasting.
result Long short-term memory network outperforms seasonal model in forecasting.
Paper optimizes demand aggregation for low-level electricity markets.
problem Accurate short-term load forecasting at low aggregation levels for market participants.
method Probabilistic portfolio optimization of residential households' demand using ARMA-GARCH models or KDE forecasts.
result Seasonal Residual approach outperforms others in accuracy and efficiency.
A new diffusion model improves time-series forecasting by preserving seasonal patterns.
problem Improving time-series forecasting accuracy, especially for seasonal data.
method A forward diffusion process that decomposes signals into spectral components, altering only the diffusion process.
result The method maintains high signal-to-noise ratios for dominant frequencies, improving long-term pattern recovery.
Study improves PM concentration forecasting using MCCR loss.
problem Forecasting particulate matter concentration in South Korea.
method Used MCCR loss for regression analysis of air pollution and weather data.
result MCCR loss is more effective for extreme value forecasting.
Graph Neural Networks improve El Niño forecasts.
problem Improving seasonal forecasting models for ENSO.
method Application of spatiotemporal Graph Neural Networks.
result Preliminary results outperform state-of-the-art systems for 1 and 3-month projections.
Machine learning improves sub-seasonal climate forecasting, especially gradient boosting and deep learning.
problem Predicting climate variables like temperature and precipitation in 2-week to 2-month time scales.
method Carefully constructed feature representations and ML approaches including gradient boosting and deep learning.
result ML methods can outperform climatological baselines and improve prediction accuracy.
Improved electrical load forecasting model using Fourier-enhanced RNN.
problem Electrical load time series downscaling with high accuracy and low error.
method Combines recurrent neural network with Fourier seasonal embeddings and self-attention.
result Significantly reduces RMSE across different time horizons compared to existing methods.
A new model predicts fashion demand 6-12 months ahead, boosting retailer profits.
problem Accurate demand forecasting for fashion retailers with short product life cycles.
method Product age-based forecast model, incorporating unique feature engineering.
result Significant revenue uplift of 41% compared to retailer's plan.
NoTMF forecasts sparse urban road movement speeds with nonstationary temporal matrix factorization.
problem Sparse and nonstationary movement speed data from urban roads.
method Nonstationary Temporal Matrix Factorization (NoTMF) model.
result NoTMF outperforms baseline models in forecasting urban road movement speeds.
Time-related features improve time series forecasting models.
problem Lack of explicit time-related encoding in current forecasting models limits their ability to capture cyclical and seasonal trends.
method Introducing Time Stamp Forecaster (TimeSter) to encode time-related features and integrating it with a linear backbone.
result TimeLinear model reduces MSE by 23% on benchmark datasets, improving performance with exceptional efficiency.
GraphSVR forecasts urban air pollution robustly across stations and seasons.
problem Nonlinear, nonstationary, spatiotemporally dependent urban air pollution forecasting challenges.
method Combines graph convolutional learning and support vector regression.
result GraphSVR improves predictive accuracy and maintains stable performance across seasons and outlier-prone episodes.
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.
MQTransformer improves forecast accuracy with context-aware attention.
problem Improving probabilistic demand prediction accuracy.
method Incorporates Transformer architectures for context alignment and feedback-aware attention.
result Significant improvements in forecast accuracy, reducing excess variability.
An ensemble of randomized NNs improves time series forecasting accuracy.
problem Forecasting time series with multiple seasonality and nonstationarity.
method Randomized neural networks with pattern-based time series representation and diversity control strategies.
result Outperforms statistical and machine learning models in forecasting accuracy.
OneShotSTL efficiently decomposes time series online, improving speed and accuracy.
problem Real-time analysis of time series data with low processing delay.
method Online seasonal-trend decomposition algorithm with O(1) update time complexity.
result 1,000 times faster than batch methods with comparable accuracy.
Model uses GAMs to forecast hourly electricity load weeks to one year ahead.
problem Accurate mid-term hourly load forecasting for power plant operation and energy management.
method Generalized Additive Models (GAMs) with P-splines and autoregressive post-processing.
result Significantly enhanced forecasting accuracy compared to state-of-the-art methods.
FEDformer combines Transformer with seasonal-trend decomposition for efficient long-term forecasting.
problem Transformer's inefficiency and inability to capture global time series views.
method Combines seasonal-trend decomposition with Transformer, exploiting Fourier basis for frequency enhancement.
result Reduces prediction error by 14.8% and 22.6% for multivariate and univariate time series, respectively.
ForecastGAN improves multi-horizon time series forecasting by integrating numerical and categorical features.
problem Limited performance of existing approaches in short-term and long-term forecasting.
method Decomposition, model selection, adversarial training.
result ForecastGAN consistently outperforms state-of-the-art transformer models for short-term forecasting.
Decomposing complex time series into trend, seasonality, and remainder components is an important task to facilitate time series anomaly detection and forecasting. Although numerous methods have been proposed, there are still many time series characteristics exhibiting in real-world data which are not addressed properl…
TSFMs outperform traditional models in electricity price forecasting.
problem Accurate electricity price forecasting for effective decision-making.
method Benchmarking several TSFMs against traditional models using real-world data.
result MSTL model consistently outperforms TSFMs across countries and metrics.
EVARS-GPR refines Gaussian Process Regression for seasonal data with sudden scale changes.
problem Challenges in forecasting with changing system behavior over time.
method Combines online change point detection with data augmentation for refitting.
result 20.8% lower RMSE on real-world datasets compared to similar methods.
The emerge of new technologies to synthesize and analyze big data with high-performance computing, has increased our capacity to more accurately predict crop yields. Recent research has shown that Machine learning (ML) can provide reasonable predictions, faster, and with higher flexibility compared to simulation crop m…
The paper uses pattern similarity-based methods for mid-term electricity demand forecasting.
problem Forecasting monthly electricity demand with seasonal patterns.
method Pattern similarity-based machine learning models (nearest neighbor, fuzzy neighborhood, kernel regression, GRNN).
result The proposed models outperform classical and state-of-the-art models in accuracy and simplicity.
Choosing the technique that is the best at forecasting your data, is a problem that arises in any forecasting application. Decades of research have resulted into an enormous amount of forecasting methods that stem from statistics, econometrics and machine learning (ML), which leads to a very difficult and elaborate cho…
A training-free conformal interval is a mandatory baseline for probabilistic time-series forecasting.
problem Comparing probabilistic forecasters against weak or omitted baselines.
method A simple conformal interval with no parameters and no training.
result The ConformalNaive interval decisively beats several baselines.
TelePiT improves S2S forecasting by integrating physics and teleconnections.
problem Challenges in subseasonal-to-seasonal climate forecasting due to chaotic dynamics and complex interactions.
method Integrates physics and teleconnections into a transformer architecture with spherical embedding and multi-scale physics-informed neural ODE.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods across all forecast horizons.
New algorithms improve time series prediction with uncertainty quantification.
problem Uncertainty quantification for time series prediction.
method Combines conformal prediction and control theory for online, adaptive forecasting.
result Improves coverage over ensemble forecasters in real-world applications.
Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) have become competitive forecasting methods, as most notably shown in the winning method of the recent M4 competition. However, established statistical models such as ETS and ARIMA gain their popularity not only from their high accuracy, but they are also suitable for non-expert users as…
Exponentially smoothed RNNs improve industrial forecasting.
problem Complexity and non-stationarity in industrial time series data.
method Exponential smoothed recurrent neural networks (RNNs) for modeling non-linear dynamics.
result Exponentially smoothed RNNs outperform traditional models in multi-step forecasting.
Energy price forecasting is a relevant yet hard task in the field of multi-step time series forecasting. In this paper we compare a well-known and established method, ARMA with exogenous variables with a relatively new technique Gradient Boosting Regression. The method was tested on data from Global Energy Forecasting …
Study uses TDA to improve OEE forecasting in manufacturing.
problem Volatility and nonlinearity in OEE time series data.
method Topological Data Analysis (TDA) to transform raw data into structured knowledge.
result Improves OEE forecasting accuracy by at least 17%.