One Fits All: Universal Time Series Analysis by Pretrained LM and Specially Designed Adaptors

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.14782v1
• Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:32:47 GMT
• Title: One Fits All: Universal Time Series Analysis by Pretrained LM and Specially Designed Adaptors
• Authors: Tian Zhou, Peisong Niu, Xue Wang, Liang Sun, Rong Jin
• Abstract summary: We introduce four unique adapters, designed specifically for downstream tasks based on the pre-trained model. These adapters are further enhanced with efficient parameter tuning, resulting in superior performance compared to all state-of-the-art methods.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Despite the impressive achievements of pre-trained models in the fields of natural language processing (NLP) and computer vision (CV), progress in the domain of time series analysis has been limited. In contrast to NLP and CV, where a single model can handle various tasks, time series analysis still relies heavily on task-specific methods for activities such as classification, anomaly detection, forecasting, and few-shot learning. The primary obstacle to developing a pre-trained model for time series analysis is the scarcity of sufficient training data. In our research, we overcome this obstacle by utilizing pre-trained models from language or CV, which have been trained on billions of data points, and apply them to time series analysis. We assess the effectiveness of the pre-trained transformer model in two ways. Initially, we maintain the original structure of the self-attention and feedforward layers in the residual blocks of the pre-trained language or image model, using the Frozen Pre-trained Transformer (FPT) for time series analysis with the addition of projection matrices for input and output. Additionally, we introduce four unique adapters, designed specifically for downstream tasks based on the pre-trained model, including forecasting and anomaly detection. These adapters are further enhanced with efficient parameter tuning, resulting in superior performance compared to all state-of-the-art methods.Our comprehensive experimental studies reveal that (a) the simple FPT achieves top-tier performance across various time series analysis tasks; and (b) fine-tuning the FPT with the custom-designed adapters can further elevate its performance, outshining specialized task-specific models.

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