Synergizing Large Language Models and Task-specific Models for Time Series Anomaly Detection

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Hauptverfasser: Chen, Feiyi, Zhang, Leilei, Pang, Guansong, Zimmermann, Roger, Deng, Shuiguang
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author Chen, Feiyi
Zhang, Leilei
Pang, Guansong
Zimmermann, Roger
Deng, Shuiguang
author_facet Chen, Feiyi
Zhang, Leilei
Pang, Guansong
Zimmermann, Roger
Deng, Shuiguang
contents In anomaly detection, methods based on large language models (LLMs) can incorporate expert knowledge by reading professional document, while task-specific small models excel at extracting normal data patterns and detecting value fluctuations from training data of target applications. Inspired by the human nervous system, where the brain stores expert knowledge and the peripheral nervous system and spinal cord handle specific tasks like withdrawal and knee-jerk reflexes, we propose CoLLaTe, a framework designed to facilitate collaboration between LLMs and task-specific models, leveraging the strengths of both models for anomaly detection. In particular, we first formulate the collaboration process and identify two key challenges in the collaboration: (1) the misalignment between the expression domains of the LLMs and task-specific small models, and (2) error accumulation arising from the predictions of both models. To address these challenges, we then introduce two key components in CoLLaTe: a model alignment module and a collaborative loss function. Through theoretical analysis and experimental validation, we demonstrate that these components effectively mitigate the identified challenges and achieve better performance than both LLM-based and task-specific models.
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spellingShingle Synergizing Large Language Models and Task-specific Models for Time Series Anomaly Detection
Chen, Feiyi
Zhang, Leilei
Pang, Guansong
Zimmermann, Roger
Deng, Shuiguang
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
In anomaly detection, methods based on large language models (LLMs) can incorporate expert knowledge by reading professional document, while task-specific small models excel at extracting normal data patterns and detecting value fluctuations from training data of target applications. Inspired by the human nervous system, where the brain stores expert knowledge and the peripheral nervous system and spinal cord handle specific tasks like withdrawal and knee-jerk reflexes, we propose CoLLaTe, a framework designed to facilitate collaboration between LLMs and task-specific models, leveraging the strengths of both models for anomaly detection. In particular, we first formulate the collaboration process and identify two key challenges in the collaboration: (1) the misalignment between the expression domains of the LLMs and task-specific small models, and (2) error accumulation arising from the predictions of both models. To address these challenges, we then introduce two key components in CoLLaTe: a model alignment module and a collaborative loss function. Through theoretical analysis and experimental validation, we demonstrate that these components effectively mitigate the identified challenges and achieve better performance than both LLM-based and task-specific models.
title Synergizing Large Language Models and Task-specific Models for Time Series Anomaly Detection
topic Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.05675