Algorithm learns causal structures from time-series data, reducing tests for temporal vs. contemporaneous relations.
problem Learning causal structures from time-series data with latent confounders.
method Constraint-based algorithm that refines a causal graph by learning temporal relations first, then contemporaneous ones.
result Reduces the number of statistical tests and improves accuracy for synthetic and real-world data.
We introduce a variational approach to learning and inference of temporally hierarchical structure and representation for sequential data. We propose the Variational Temporal Abstraction (VTA), a hierarchical recurrent state space model that can infer the latent temporal structure and thus perform the stochastic state …
Spatio-temporal data is intrinsically high dimensional, so unsupervised modeling is only feasible if we can exploit structure in the process. When the dynamics are local in both space and time, this structure can be exploited by splitting the global field into many lower-dimensional "light cones". We review light cone …
Proposes a new model for complex multivariate event data.
problem Modeling complex multivariate event data with spatio-temporal dynamics.
method Integrates spatial information into latent state evolution through learned temporal and spatial decay dynamics.
result Successfully recovers sensible temporal and spatial intensity structure in multivariate spatio-temporal point patterns.
The spatio-temporal graph learning is becoming an increasingly important object of graph study. Many application domains involve highly dynamic graphs where temporal information is crucial, e.g. traffic networks and financial transaction graphs. Despite the constant progress made on learning structured data, there is s…
Spatio-temporal data compression method reduces memory usage.
problem Efficiently storing and analyzing large spatio-temporal datasets.
method Adaptive sampling of tensor slices to compress and preserve structure.
result SkeTenSmooth outperforms other sampling methods in retaining patterns.
TOQ-Nets learn to recognize complex temporal events with varying objects and sequences.
problem Recognizing complex relational-temporal events with varying numbers of objects and sequence lengths.
method Neuro-symbolic networks with reasoning layers for finite-domain quantification over objects and time.
result TOQ-Nets can generalize to scenarios with more objects than training data and temporal warpings.
dCMF models evolving patterns in multiway data with temporal dynamics.
problem Capturing evolving patterns in multiway datasets with temporal dependencies.
method Time-aware coupled factorization model constrained by LDS structure.
result dCMF outperforms alternatives in capturing complex dynamics.
The analysis of temporal networks has a wide area of applications in a world of technological advances. An important aspect of temporal network analysis is the discovery of community structures. Real data networks are often very large and the communities are observed to have a hierarchical structure referred to as mult…
Novel Bayesian framework for spatio-temporal neuroimaging data.
problem Inference on multi-task sparse hierarchical regression models with complex spatio-temporal dynamics.
method Flexible hierarchical Bayesian framework with Kronecker product covariance structure, majorization-minimization optimization, and Riemannian geometry.
result Improved performance on synthetic and real M/EEG data.
New method uses neural networks to forecast spatial-temporal data.
problem Probabilistic forecasting of spatio-temporal data with causal structure.
method MMAF-guided learning with ensemble of stochastic feed-forward neural networks.
result Forecasting remains calibrated across multiple time horizons.
The data in many disciplines such as social networks, web analysis, etc. is link-based, and the link structure can be exploited for many different data mining tasks. In this paper, we consider the problem of temporal link prediction: Given link data for times 1 through T, can we predict the links at time T+1? If our da…
In evolving complex systems such as air traffic and social organizations, collective effects emerge from their many components' dynamic interactions. While the dynamic interactions can be represented by temporal networks with nodes and links that change over time, they remain highly complex. It is therefore often neces…
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.
New model tackles complex spatio-temporal causal inference with dynamic confounders and functional data.
problem Complex spatio-temporal dynamics and unmeasured confounders hinder causal inference.
method PFD-BDCM, a unified generative framework for spatio-temporal dependencies, functional data, and dynamic confounding.
result PFD-BDCM outperforms existing methods across observational, interventional, and counterfactual queries.
A new framework models uncertainty in structured temporal data using SDEs and neural networks.
problem Uncertainty quantification in machine learning applications involving structured and temporal data.
method Integrates stochastic differential equations (SDEs) with deep generative models in a variational autoencoder framework.
result Improves uncertainty quantification in machine learning applications involving structured and temporal data.
Conventional sequential learning methods such as Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) focus on interactions between consecutive inputs, i.e. first-order Markovian dependency. However, most of sequential data, as seen with videos, have complex temporal dependencies that imply variable-length semantic flows and their composi…
New algorithm improves causal discovery in biomedical data.
problem Stability and accuracy issues in causal discovery algorithms.
method Exploits temporal structure and tiered background knowledge.
result Increases accuracy in finite samples for causal structure estimation.
There is often latent network structure in spatial and temporal data and the tools of network analysis can yield fascinating insights into such data. In this paper, we develop a nonparametric method for network reconstruction from spatiotemporal data sets using multivariate Hawkes processes. In contrast to prior work o…
LEAP identifies latent causal variables from temporal data.
problem Recovering time-delayed latent causal variables from general temporal data.
method Proposes LEAP, a framework that extends VAEs with constraints for temporally causal latent processes.
result Successfully identifies temporally causal latent processes from observed variables under various dependency structures.
RTFN extracts robust temporal features for time series analysis.
problem Challenges in extracting sufficient shapelets from time series data.
method Combines temporal feature networks and attentional LSTM networks.
result RTFN outperforms in supervised and unsupervised time series analysis.
The paper tackles temporal coverage bias in financial panel data, proposing a structuring framework to correct for incomplete histories.
problem Incomplete histories of financial instruments lead to biased panel data.
method Formalizes the problem and proposes a coverage-aware structuring framework using structured metadata and an availability matrix.
result The framework reveals substantial distortions in return dynamics and volatility when naive temporal alignment is used.
TCGPN improves stock forecasting by capturing temporal correlation patterns.
problem Stock forecasting with minimal periodicity and large node numbers.
method TCGPN uses Temporal-Correlation fusion encoder and pre-training methods to handle large datasets.
result TCGPN achieves state-of-the-art results on real stock market data.
Accurate and real-time traffic forecasting plays an important role in the Intelligent Traffic System and is of great significance for urban traffic planning, traffic management, and traffic control. However, traffic forecasting has always been considered an open scientific issue, owing to the constraints of urban road …
Estimates time-varying network connections using multi-stage smoothing.
problem Estimating edge probabilities of time-varying networks.
method Multi-stage smoothing: temporal local smoothing followed by node-domain smoothing.
result Captures both smooth temporal evolution and structural patterns in connectivity.
In this paper, we consider sequential online prediction (SOP) for streaming data in the presence of outliers and change points. We propose an INstant TEmporal structure Learning (INTEL) algorithm to address this problem. Our INTEL algorithm is developed based on a full consideration of the duality between online predic…
We present a principled approach for detecting overlapping temporal community structure in dynamic networks. Our method is based on the following framework: find the overlapping temporal community structure that maximizes a quality function associated with each snapshot of the network subject to a temporal smoothness c…
The study introduces measures of collective mobility from aggregated OD data.
problem Understanding large-scale mobility patterns from aggregated data.
method Developed a framework using synthetic and real data to interpret network-level mobility.
result Aggregated mobility measures reveal network structure and flow constraints.
DeepONets enhance spatial-temporal surrogates for structural dynamics.
problem Creating full spatial-temporal surrogates for dynamical systems under uncertainty.
method Proposed Full-Field Extended DeepONet (FExD) to learn full solution operator across multiple degrees of freedom.
result FExD achieves superior accuracy and computational efficiency compared to other models.
New algorithm speeds up causal discovery for network data.
problem Scalability issues in score-matching for temporal network data.
method Developed a new parent-finding subroutine for DAGs, improving score matching efficiency.
result Efficiency-lifted score matching for both i.i.d. and temporal data on networks.
We propose a novel class of network models for temporal dyadic interaction data. Our goal is to capture a number of important features often observed in social interactions: sparsity, degree heterogeneity, community structure and reciprocity. We propose a family of models based on self-exciting Hawkes point processes i…
Paper uses HGNN to predict stock types from relationships and temporal data.
problem Predicting stock types from complex market data.
method Integrates stock relationships and temporal data using HGNN.
result Effective prediction of stock types with HGNN model.
New protocol evaluates synthetic data for temporal consistency.
problem Synthetic data generators can produce invalid timestamps and trajectories.
method Characterize datasets by four properties, then measure timestamp validity and dynamics.
result Temporal fidelity must be measured, not inferred from static data.
Temporal VAE improves VaR estimation for financial portfolios.
problem Estimating VaR for large asset portfolios in finance.
method Temporal VAE with annealing regularization to avoid posterior collapse.
result Temporal VAE outperforms classical VaR estimation methods on real data.
EPNE models evolving network patterns for better predictions.
problem Capturing evolving patterns in dynamic networks.
method EPNE models temporal network evolution using causal convolutions and a temporal objective function.
result EPNE outperforms other methods in various prediction tasks.
In healthcare applications, temporal variables that encode movement, health status and longitudinal patient evolution are often accompanied by rich structured information such as demographics, diagnostics and medical exam data. However, current methods do not jointly optimize over structured covariates and time series …
Spatial-temporal graph modeling is an important task to analyze the spatial relations and temporal trends of components in a system. Existing approaches mostly capture the spatial dependency on a fixed graph structure, assuming that the underlying relation between entities is pre-determined. However, the explicit graph…
IMPaCT improves node classification in chronological split temporal graphs.
problem Domain adaptation challenges in graph data due to chronological splits.
method IMPaCT proposes a method to impose invariant properties based on realistic assumptions derived from temporal graph structures.
result IMPaCT achieves a 3.8% performance improvement over current SOTA method on the ogbn-mag graph dataset.
Comparing data defined over space and time is notoriously hard, because it involves quantifying both spatial and temporal variability, while at the same time taking into account the chronological structure of data. Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) computes an optimal alignment between time series in agreement with the chrono…
Hybrid model improves COVID-19 case forecasting accuracy.
problem Limited data and simplistic models for accurate prediction.
method Combining SEIR and RNN on a graph structure with local and edge features.
result Improves prediction accuracy on state-level COVID-19 data.
Integrating wind power into the grid is challenging because of its random nature. Integration is facilitated with accurate short-term forecasts of wind power. The paper presents a spatio-temporal wind speed forecasting algorithm that incorporates the time series data of a target station and data of surrounding stations…
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.
This paper introduces a new sparse spatio-temporal structured Gaussian process regression framework for online and offline Bayesian inference. This is the first framework that gives a time-evolving representation of the interdependencies between the components of the sparse signal of interest. A hierarchical Gaussian p…
KOMET identifies Koopman operators from model parameter trajectories to adapt to evolving data distributions.
problem Adaptation of parametric models to non-stationary environments.
method Data-driven framework using Koopman operator identification and Extended Dynamic Mode Decomposition (EDMD).
result KOMET achieves high autonomous-rollout accuracies of 0.981 to 1.000 over 100 time steps on various drifting datasets.
PMP extends GNNs to handle past states efficiently.
problem Efficient querying of data structures dependent on previous states.
method Persistent Message Passing (PMP) which persists past states through new nodes.
result Significantly outperforms GNNs in handling out-of-distribution data.
TGNN4I model forecasts irregularly observed graph data using ODEs.
problem Forecasting graph-structured data with irregular time steps and partial observations.
method Introduces a time-continuous latent state in each node using ODEs and GRUs, integrating graph neural network layers.
result Validated usefulness of graph structure and time-continuous dynamics in irregular observation settings.
In kernel methods, temporal information on the data is commonly included by using time-delayed embeddings as inputs. Recently, an alternative formulation was proposed by defining a gamma-filter explicitly in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space, giving rise to a complex model where multiple kernels operate on different t…
Comorbid diseases co-occur and progress via complex temporal patterns that vary among individuals. In electronic health records we can observe the different diseases a patient has, but can only infer the temporal relationship between each co-morbid condition. Learning such temporal patterns from event data is crucial f…