A Unified Frequency Domain Decomposition Framework for Interpretable and Robust Time Series Forecasting

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10145v1
• Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 09:59:25 GMT
• Title: A Unified Frequency Domain Decomposition Framework for Interpretable and Robust Time Series Forecasting
• Authors: Cheng He, Xijie Liang, Zengrong Zheng, Patrick P. C. Lee, Xu Huang, Zhaoyi Li, Hong Xie, Defu Lian, Enhong Chen,
• Abstract summary: Current approaches for time series forecasting, whether in the time or frequency domain, predominantly use deep learning models based on linear layers or transformers.<n>We propose FIRE, a unified frequency domain decomposition framework that provides a mathematical abstraction for diverse types of time series.<n>Fire consistently outperforms state-of-the-art models on long-term forecasting benchmarks.
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• Abstract: Current approaches for time series forecasting, whether in the time or frequency domain, predominantly use deep learning models based on linear layers or transformers. They often encode time series data in a black-box manner and rely on trial-and-error optimization solely based on forecasting performance, leading to limited interpretability and theoretical understanding. Furthermore, the dynamics in data distribution over time and frequency domains pose a critical challenge to accurate forecasting. We propose FIRE, a unified frequency domain decomposition framework that provides a mathematical abstraction for diverse types of time series, so as to achieve interpretable and robust time series forecasting. FIRE introduces several key innovations: (i) independent modeling of amplitude and phase components, (ii) adaptive learning of weights of frequency basis components, (iii) a targeted loss function, and (iv) a novel training paradigm for sparse data. Extensive experiments demonstrate that FIRE consistently outperforms state-of-the-art models on long-term forecasting benchmarks, achieving superior predictive performance and significantly enhancing interpretability of time series

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