Refining Time Series Anomaly Detectors using Large Language Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.21833v1
• Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 23:41:49 GMT
• Title: Refining Time Series Anomaly Detectors using Large Language Models
• Authors: Alan Yang, Yulin Chen, Sean Lee, Venus Montes,
• Abstract summary: Time series anomaly detection (TSAD) is of widespread interest across many industries, including finance, healthcare, and manufacturing.<n>We study the use of multimodal large language models (LLMs) to partially automate this process.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Time series anomaly detection (TSAD) is of widespread interest across many industries, including finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. Despite the development of numerous automatic methods for detecting anomalies, human oversight remains necessary to review and act upon detected anomalies, as well as verify their accuracy. We study the use of multimodal large language models (LLMs) to partially automate this process. We find that LLMs can effectively identify false alarms by integrating visual inspection of time series plots with text descriptions of the data-generating process. By leveraging the capabilities of LLMs, we aim to reduce the reliance on human effort required to maintain a TSAD system

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