Quantum Neural Network Architectures for Multivariate Time-Series Forecasting

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Autori principali: Ranilla-Cortina, Sandra, Aranda, Diego A., Ballesteros, Jorge, Bonilla, Jesus, Monrio, Nerea, Combarro, Elías F., Ranilla, Jose
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author Ranilla-Cortina, Sandra
Aranda, Diego A.
Ballesteros, Jorge
Bonilla, Jesus
Monrio, Nerea
Combarro, Elías F.
Ranilla, Jose
author_facet Ranilla-Cortina, Sandra
Aranda, Diego A.
Ballesteros, Jorge
Bonilla, Jesus
Monrio, Nerea
Combarro, Elías F.
Ranilla, Jose
contents In this paper, we address the challenge of multivariate time-series forecasting using quantum machine learning techniques. We introduce adaptation strategies that extend variational quantum circuit models, traditionally limited to univariate data, toward the multivariate setting, exploring both purely quantum and hybrid quantum-classical formulations. First, we extend and benchmark several VQC-based and hybrid architectures to systematically evaluate their capacity to model cross-variable dependencies. Second, building upon these foundations, we introduce the iQTransformer, a novel quantum transformer architecture that integrates a quantum self-attention mechanism within the iTransformer framework, enabling a quantum-native representation of inter-variable relationships. Third, we provide a comprehensive empirical evaluation on both synthetic and real-world datasets, showing that quantum-based models may achieve competitive or superior forecasting accuracy with fewer trainable parameters and faster convergence than state-of-the-art classical and quantum baselines in some cases. These contributions highlight the potential of quantum-enhanced architectures as efficient and scalable tools for advancing multivariate time-series forecasting.
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spellingShingle Quantum Neural Network Architectures for Multivariate Time-Series Forecasting
Ranilla-Cortina, Sandra
Aranda, Diego A.
Ballesteros, Jorge
Bonilla, Jesus
Monrio, Nerea
Combarro, Elías F.
Ranilla, Jose
Quantum Physics
In this paper, we address the challenge of multivariate time-series forecasting using quantum machine learning techniques. We introduce adaptation strategies that extend variational quantum circuit models, traditionally limited to univariate data, toward the multivariate setting, exploring both purely quantum and hybrid quantum-classical formulations. First, we extend and benchmark several VQC-based and hybrid architectures to systematically evaluate their capacity to model cross-variable dependencies. Second, building upon these foundations, we introduce the iQTransformer, a novel quantum transformer architecture that integrates a quantum self-attention mechanism within the iTransformer framework, enabling a quantum-native representation of inter-variable relationships. Third, we provide a comprehensive empirical evaluation on both synthetic and real-world datasets, showing that quantum-based models may achieve competitive or superior forecasting accuracy with fewer trainable parameters and faster convergence than state-of-the-art classical and quantum baselines in some cases. These contributions highlight the potential of quantum-enhanced architectures as efficient and scalable tools for advancing multivariate time-series forecasting.
title Quantum Neural Network Architectures for Multivariate Time-Series Forecasting
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21168