On Creating a Causally Grounded Usable Rating Method for Assessing the Robustness of Foundation Models Supporting Time Series

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.12226v1
• Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 15:26:16 GMT
• Title: On Creating a Causally Grounded Usable Rating Method for Assessing the Robustness of Foundation Models Supporting Time Series
• Authors: Kausik Lakkaraju, Rachneet Kaur, Parisa Zehtabi, Sunandita Patra, Siva Likitha Valluru, Zhen Zeng, Biplav Srivastava, Marco Valtorta,
• Abstract summary: We propose a causally grounded rating framework to study the robustness of Foundational Models for Time Series. We evaluate six state-of-the-art (some multi-modal) FMTS across six prominent stocks spanning three industries.
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• Abstract: Foundation Models (FMs) have improved time series forecasting in various sectors, such as finance, but their vulnerability to input disturbances can hinder their adoption by stakeholders, such as investors and analysts. To address this, we propose a causally grounded rating framework to study the robustness of Foundational Models for Time Series (FMTS) with respect to input perturbations. We evaluate our approach to the stock price prediction problem, a well-studied problem with easily accessible public data, evaluating six state-of-the-art (some multi-modal) FMTS across six prominent stocks spanning three industries. The ratings proposed by our framework effectively assess the robustness of FMTS and also offer actionable insights for model selection and deployment. Within the scope of our study, we find that (1) multi-modal FMTS exhibit better robustness and accuracy compared to their uni-modal versions and, (2) FMTS pre-trained on time series forecasting task exhibit better robustness and forecasting accuracy compared to general-purpose FMTS pre-trained across diverse settings. Further, to validate our framework's usability, we conduct a user study showcasing FMTS prediction errors along with our computed ratings. The study confirmed that our ratings reduced the difficulty for users in comparing the robustness of different systems.

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