Bahrpeyma, Fouad ORCID: 0000-0002-5128-4774, Roantree, Mark ORCID: 0000-0002-1329-2570, Cappellari, Paolo, Scriney, Michael ORCID: 0000-0001-6813-2630 and McCarren, Andrew ORCID: 0000-0002-7297-0984 (2021) A methodology for validating diversity in synthetic time series generation. MethodsX . ISSN 2215-0161
Abstract
In order for researchers to deliver robust evaluations of time series models, it often requires high volumes of data to ensure the appropriate level of rigor in testing. However, for many researchers, the lack of time series presents a barrier to a deeper evaluation. While researchers have developed and used synthetic datasets, the development of this data requires a methodological approach to testing the entire dataset against a set of metrics which capture the diversity of the dataset. Unless researchers are confident that their test datasets display a broad set of time series characteristics, it may favor one type of predictive model over another. This can have the effect of undermining the evaluation of new predictive methods. In this paper, we present a new approach to generating and evaluating a high number of time series data. The construction algorithm and validation framework are described in detail, together with an analysis of the level of diversity present in the synthetic dataset.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Additional Information: | Article number: 101459 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Time series; Forecasting; Time Series Prediction; Diversity, Synthetic time series |
Subjects: | Computer Science > Algorithms Computer Science > Artificial intelligence Computer Science > Computer simulation Computer Science > Machine learning |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing Research Initiatives and Centres > INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Official URL: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2021.101459 |
Copyright Information: | © 2021 The Authors. Open Access (CC-BY-4.0) |
Funders: | Science Foundation Ireland under grant number SFI/12/RC/2289, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine on behalf of the Government of Ireland under Grant Number 16/RC/3835. |
ID Code: | 26085 |
Deposited On: | 03 Aug 2021 16:01 by Fouad Bahrpeyma . Last Modified 03 Aug 2021 16:01 |
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