Attention-based Experience Replay Framework for Continual Learning of Agnostic Time Series Forecasting Models
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.20493v1
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:44:05 GMT
- Title: Attention-based Experience Replay Framework for Continual Learning of Agnostic Time Series Forecasting Models
- Abstract summary: Continual learning aims to develop models capable of adapting incrementally while maintaining a balance between stability and plasticity under computational constraints.<n>We introduce a novel framework for continual time series forecasting, designed to extend existing static forecasting models.<n>Results show that our approach effectively increases or maintains predictive performance over time while reducing retraining costs and data requirements.
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- Abstract: Deep learning has led to remarkable progress in artificial intelligence, particularly in robotics, imaging and sound processing. However, a major limitation of neural networks remains their strong dependence on large and stationary datasets. In many real-world applications, these conditions are rarely met due to evolving and dynamic environments where data distributions change over time. Continual learning aims to address this challenge by developing models capable of adapting incrementally while maintaining a balance between stability and plasticity under computational constraints. In this work, we introduce a novel framework for continual time series forecasting, designed to extend existing static forecasting models commonly used in the literature by incorporating an Experience Replay strategy guided by Attention mechanisms. This approach allows the model to adapt dynamically to new contexts while preserving prior knowledge, effectively mitigating catastrophic forgetting. The framework is evaluated on standard forecasting benchmarks as well as on a piezometric dataset exhibiting diverse temporal behaviors. Results show that our approach effectively increases or maintains predictive performance over time while reducing retraining costs and data requirements, thus facilitating the deployment of forecasting models in dynamic and real-world settings.
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