[PDF][PDF] Deep factors with gaussian processes for forecasting

DC Maddix, Y Wang, A Smola - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - bayesiandeeplearning.org
arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.00098, 2018bayesiandeeplearning.org
A large collection of time series poses significant challenges for classical and neural
forecasting approaches. Classical time series models fail to fit data well and to scale to large
problems, but succeed at providing uncertainty estimates. The converse is true for deep
neural networks. In this paper, we propose a hybrid model that incorporates the benefits of
both approaches. Our new method is data-driven and scalable via a latent, global, deep
component. It also handles uncertainty through a local classical Gaussian Process model …
Abstract
A large collection of time series poses significant challenges for classical and neural forecasting approaches. Classical time series models fail to fit data well and to scale to large problems, but succeed at providing uncertainty estimates. The converse is true for deep neural networks. In this paper, we propose a hybrid model that incorporates the benefits of both approaches. Our new method is data-driven and scalable via a latent, global, deep component. It also handles uncertainty through a local classical Gaussian Process model. Our experiments demonstrate that our method obtains higher accuracy than state-of-the-art methods.
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