The field of time series forecasting and analysis is rapidly advancing with the development of new models and techniques. Recent research has focused on improving the accuracy and efficiency of time series forecasting, particularly in areas such as network traffic forecasting, multivariate time series forecasting, and anomaly detection. One notable trend is the use of foundation models, which have demonstrated strong zero-shot and few-shot generalization capabilities across diverse domains. Additionally, diffusion-based models have shown promise in generating multi-scale mobile network traffic and improving time series forecasting performance. Other innovative approaches include the use of wavelet decomposition, attention mechanisms, and contrastive forecasting frameworks. Noteworthy papers in this area include Time-Series Foundation Models for ISP Traffic Forecasting, which achieves state-of-the-art performance in network traffic forecasting, and SimDiff, which proposes a simpler yet better diffusion model for time series point forecasting. Overall, these advances have the potential to significantly impact various applications, from network monitoring and management to clinical risk prediction and healthcare monitoring.
Advances in Time Series Forecasting and Analysis
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Denoising Refinement Diffusion Models for Simultaneous Generation of Multi-scale Mobile Network Traffic
OmniTFT: Omni Target Forecasting for Vital Signs and Laboratory Result Trajectories in Multi Center ICU Data
RED-F: Reconstruction-Elimination based Dual-stream Contrastive Forecasting for Multivariate Time Series Anomaly Prediction