A Language Model-Guided Framework for Mining Time Series with Distributional Shifts

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Autori principali: Zhu, Haibei, El-Laham, Yousef, Fons, Elizabeth, Vyetrenko, Svitlana
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author Zhu, Haibei
El-Laham, Yousef
Fons, Elizabeth
Vyetrenko, Svitlana
author_facet Zhu, Haibei
El-Laham, Yousef
Fons, Elizabeth
Vyetrenko, Svitlana
contents Effective utilization of time series data is often constrained by the scarcity of data quantity that reflects complex dynamics, especially under the condition of distributional shifts. Existing datasets may not encompass the full range of statistical properties required for robust and comprehensive analysis. And privacy concerns can further limit their accessibility in domains such as finance and healthcare. This paper presents an approach that utilizes large language models and data source interfaces to explore and collect time series datasets. While obtained from external sources, the collected data share critical statistical properties with primary time series datasets, making it possible to model and adapt to various scenarios. This method enlarges the data quantity when the original data is limited or lacks essential properties. It suggests that collected datasets can effectively supplement existing datasets, especially involving changes in data distribution. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the collected datasets through practical examples and show how time series forecasting foundation models fine-tuned on these datasets achieve comparable performance to those models without fine-tuning.
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spellingShingle A Language Model-Guided Framework for Mining Time Series with Distributional Shifts
Zhu, Haibei
El-Laham, Yousef
Fons, Elizabeth
Vyetrenko, Svitlana
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Artificial Intelligence
Effective utilization of time series data is often constrained by the scarcity of data quantity that reflects complex dynamics, especially under the condition of distributional shifts. Existing datasets may not encompass the full range of statistical properties required for robust and comprehensive analysis. And privacy concerns can further limit their accessibility in domains such as finance and healthcare. This paper presents an approach that utilizes large language models and data source interfaces to explore and collect time series datasets. While obtained from external sources, the collected data share critical statistical properties with primary time series datasets, making it possible to model and adapt to various scenarios. This method enlarges the data quantity when the original data is limited or lacks essential properties. It suggests that collected datasets can effectively supplement existing datasets, especially involving changes in data distribution. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the collected datasets through practical examples and show how time series forecasting foundation models fine-tuned on these datasets achieve comparable performance to those models without fine-tuning.
title A Language Model-Guided Framework for Mining Time Series with Distributional Shifts
topic Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.05249