Enhancing Multivariate Time Series Forecasting with Mutual Information-driven Cross-Variable and Temporal Modeling

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00869v1
• Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 04:42:47 GMT
• Title: Enhancing Multivariate Time Series Forecasting with Mutual Information-driven Cross-Variable and Temporal Modeling
• Authors: Shiyi Qi, Liangjian Wen, Yiduo Li, Yuanhang Yang, Zhe Li, Zhongwen Rao, Lujia Pan, Zenglin Xu
• Abstract summary: We introduce the Cross-variable Decorrelation Aware feature Modeling (CDAM) for Channel-mixing approaches. We also introduce the Temporal correlation Aware Modeling (TAM) to exploit temporal correlations, a step beyond conventional single-step forecasting methods. Our novel framework significantly surpasses existing models, including those previously considered state-of-the-art, in comprehensive tests.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Recent advancements have underscored the impact of deep learning techniques on multivariate time series forecasting (MTSF). Generally, these techniques are bifurcated into two categories: Channel-independence and Channel-mixing approaches. Although Channel-independence methods typically yield better results, Channel-mixing could theoretically offer improvements by leveraging inter-variable correlations. Nonetheless, we argue that the integration of uncorrelated information in channel-mixing methods could curtail the potential enhancement in MTSF model performance. To substantiate this claim, we introduce the Cross-variable Decorrelation Aware feature Modeling (CDAM) for Channel-mixing approaches, aiming to refine Channel-mixing by minimizing redundant information between channels while enhancing relevant mutual information. Furthermore, we introduce the Temporal correlation Aware Modeling (TAM) to exploit temporal correlations, a step beyond conventional single-step forecasting methods. This strategy maximizes the mutual information between adjacent sub-sequences of both the forecasted and target series. Combining CDAM and TAM, our novel framework significantly surpasses existing models, including those previously considered state-of-the-art, in comprehensive tests.

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