Channel Dependence, Limited Lookback Windows, and the Simplicity of Datasets: How Biased is Time Series Forecasting?

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09683v1
• Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2025 13:35:10 GMT
• Title: Channel Dependence, Limited Lookback Windows, and the Simplicity of Datasets: How Biased is Time Series Forecasting?
• Authors: Ibram Abdelmalak, Kiran Madhusudhanan, Jungmin Choi, Maximilian Stubbemann, Lars Schmidt-Thieme,
• Abstract summary: We show that the current evaluation scenario is heavily biased by the simplicity of the current datasets. We furthermore emphasize, that when the lookback-window is properly tuned, current models usually do not need any information flow across channels. We present the Fast Channel-dependent Transformer (FaCT) which closes the runtime gap between Crossformer and TimeMixer.
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• Abstract: Time-series forecasting research has converged to a small set of datasets and a standardized collection of evaluation scenarios. Such a standardization is to a specific extent needed for comparable research. However, the underlying assumption is, that the considered setting is a representative for the problem as a whole. In this paper, we challenge this assumption and show that the current scenario gives a strongly biased perspective on the state of time-series forecasting research. To be more detailed, we show that the current evaluation scenario is heavily biased by the simplicity of the current datasets. We furthermore emphasize, that when the lookback-window is properly tuned, current models usually do not need any information flow across channels. However, when using more complex benchmark data, the situation changes: Here, modeling channel-interactions in a sophisticated manner indeed enhances performances. Furthermore, in this complex evaluation scenario, Crossformer, a method regularly neglected as an important baseline, is the SOTA method for time series forecasting. Based on this, we present the Fast Channel-dependent Transformer (FaCT), a simplified version of Crossformer which closes the runtime gap between Crossformer and TimeMixer, leading to an efficient model for complex forecasting datasets.

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