A Lightweight Multi-View Approach to Short-Term Load Forecasting

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09220v1
• Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:43:42 GMT
• Title: A Lightweight Multi-View Approach to Short-Term Load Forecasting
• Authors: Julien Guité-Vinet, Alexandre Blondin Massé, Éric Beaudry,
• Abstract summary: Time series forecasting is a critical task across domains such as energy, finance, and meteorology.<n>We propose a lightweight multi-view approach to short-term load forecasting that leverages single-value embeddings and a scaled time-range input.
• Score: 44.00037058636877
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Time series forecasting is a critical task across domains such as energy, finance, and meteorology, where accurate predictions enable informed decision-making. While transformer-based and large-parameter models have recently achieved state-of-the-art results, their complexity can lead to overfitting and unstable forecasts, especially when older data points become less relevant. In this paper, we propose a lightweight multi-view approach to short-term load forecasting that leverages single-value embeddings and a scaled time-range input to capture temporally relevant features efficiently. We introduce an embedding dropout mechanism to prevent over-reliance on specific features and enhance interpretability. Our method achieves competitive performance with significantly fewer parameters, demonstrating robustness across multiple datasets, including scenarios with noisy or sparse data, and provides insights into the contributions of individual features to the forecast.

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