iTransformer: Inverted Transformers for Time Series Forecasting

Conceptos Básicos

Inverting the Transformer structure enhances time series forecasting by capturing multivariate correlations and improving series representations.

Resumen

The content discusses the iTransformer model, which repurposes the Transformer architecture without modifications. It focuses on capturing multivariate correlations and improving series representations for time series forecasting. The model achieves state-of-the-art performance on real-world datasets, showcasing its effectiveness in enhancing forecasting capabilities.

Structure:

1. Introduction to iTransformer and its motivation.
2. Challenges with traditional Transformer-based forecasters.
3. Proposed iTransformer architecture overview.
4. Experiments evaluating iTransformer's performance on various datasets.
5. Analysis of model components and their impact on forecasting results.

Estadísticas

ETT: 7 factors of electricity transformer from July 2016 to July 2018.
Exchange: Daily exchange rates from 8 countries from 1990 to 2016.
Weather: Meteorological factors collected every 10 minutes in 2020.
ECL: Hourly electricity consumption data of 321 clients.
Traffic: Hourly road occupancy rates measured by 862 sensors in San Francisco Bay area freeways.
Solar-Energy: Solar power production data of 137 PV plants in 2006 sampled every 10 minutes.
PEMS: Public traffic network data in California collected by 5-minute windows.

Citas

"In this work, we reflect on the competent duties of Transformer components and repurpose the Transformer architecture without any modification to the basic components."
"Our contributions lie in three aspects..."
"Experimentally, the proposed iTransformer achieves state-of-the-art performance on real-world forecasting benchmarks."

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iTransformer

by Yong Liu,Ten... a las arxiv.org 03-12-2024

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.06625.pdf

Consultas más profundas

How can the inverted perspective of iTransformer be applied to other fields beyond time series forecasting

iTransformer's inverted perspective can be applied to other fields beyond time series forecasting by reimagining the traditional Transformer architecture. In natural language processing, for example, the concept of variate tokens and multivariate correlations could be leveraged in sentiment analysis tasks where different aspects of a text need to be considered simultaneously. By embedding each aspect independently and applying attention mechanisms on these variate tokens, the model can capture nuanced relationships between different elements in the text.

What counterarguments exist against the effectiveness of traditional Transformer architectures for time series forecasting

Counterarguments against the effectiveness of traditional Transformer architectures for time series forecasting include challenges related to capturing multivariate correlations effectively. Traditional Transformers may struggle with modeling complex relationships between multiple variables at different timestamps due to their focus on temporal dependencies within individual tokens rather than across variates. This limitation can lead to suboptimal performance when dealing with datasets that exhibit strong interdependencies among various factors.

How can the concept of inverted dimensions be utilized in unrelated domains but still yield significant improvements

The concept of inverted dimensions introduced by iTransformer can be utilized in unrelated domains such as image recognition tasks. In computer vision, this approach could involve treating pixels from different color channels or spatial locations as separate "variate" tokens and applying attention mechanisms to capture cross-channel or cross-spatial correlations effectively. By restructuring how information is processed within neural networks, models could potentially achieve better generalization and performance on diverse visual recognition tasks.