Fun-TSG: A Function-Driven Multivariate Time Series Generator with Variable-Level Anomaly Labeling

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.14221v1
• Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:38:33 GMT
• Title: Fun-TSG: A Function-Driven Multivariate Time Series Generator with Variable-Level Anomaly Labeling
• Abstract summary: Fun-TSG is a customizable time series generator designed to support high-quality evaluation of anomaly detection systems.<n>Fun-TSG supports the creation of diverse, interpretable, and reproducible benchmarking scenarios.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Reliable evaluation of anomaly detection methods in multivariate time series remains an open challenge, largely due to the limitations of existing benchmark datasets. Current resources often lack fine-grained anomaly annotations, do not provide explicit intervariable and temporal dependencies, and offer little insight into the underlying generative mechanisms. These shortcomings hinder the development and rigorous comparison of detection models, especially those targeting interpretable and variable-specific outputs. To address this gap, we introduce Fun-TSG, a fully customizable time series generator designed to support high-quality evaluation of anomaly detection systems. Our tool enables both fully automated generation, based on randomly sampled dependency structures and anomaly types, and manual generation through user-defined equations and anomaly configurations. In both cases, it provides full transparency over the data generation process, including access to ground-truth anomaly labels at the variable and timestamp levels. Fun-TSG supports the creation of diverse, interpretable, and reproducible benchmarking scenarios, enabling fine-grained performance analysis for both classical and modern anomaly detection models.

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