A Convolutional Transformer Model for Multivariate Time Series Prediction

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Title: A Convolutional Transformer Model for Multivariate Time Series Prediction
Authors: Dong-Keon Kim, Kwangsu Kim
Source: IEEE Access, Vol 10, Pp 101319-101329 (2022)
Publisher Information: IEEE, 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Subject Terms: Artificial neural networks, predictive models, time series prediction, Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering, TK1-9971
More Details: This paper presents a multivariate time series prediction framework based on a transformer model consisting of convolutional neural networks (CNNs). The proposed model has a structure that extracts temporal features of input data through CNN and interprets correlations between variables through an attention mechanism. This framework solves the problem of the inability to simultaneously analyze the temporal features of the input data and the correlation between variables, which is a limitation of the forecasting models presented in existing studies. We designed a forecasting experiment using several time series datasets with various data characteristics to precisely evaluate the proposed model. In addition, comparative experiments were performed between the proposed model and several predictive models proposed in recent studies. Furthermore, we conducted ablation studies on the extent to which the proposed CNN structure in the prediction model affects the forecasting results by substituting a specific layer of the model. The results of the experiments showed that the proposed predictive model exhibited good performance in predicting time series data with a clear cycle and high correlation between variables, and improved the accuracy by approximately 3% to 5% compared with that of previous studies’ time series prediction models.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2169-3536
Relation: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9874747/; https://doaj.org/toc/2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3203416
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/e9b5dcbc3a6343dbad04cafc79035422
Accession Number: edsdoj.9b5dcbc3a6343dbad04cafc79035422
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:21693536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3203416
Published in:IEEE Access
Language:English