Year: 2022
Type: preprint
Abstract: Time series observations can be seen as realizations of an underlying dynamical system governed by rules that we typically do not know. For time series learning tasks, we need to understand that we fit our model on available data, which is a unique realized history. Training on a single realization often induces severe overfitting lacking generalization. To address this issue, we introduce a general recursive framework for time series augmentation, which we call Recursive Interpolation Method, denoted as RIM. New samples are generated using a recursive interpolation function of all previous values in such a way that the enhanced samples preserve the original inherent time series dynamics. We perform theoretical analysis to characterize the proposed RIM and to guarantee its test performance. We apply RIM to diverse real world time series cases to achieve strong performance over non-augmented data on regression, classification, and reinforcement learning tasks.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Aboussalah, Amine Mohamed, Kwon, Min-Jae, Patel, Raj G, Chi, Cheng, Lee, Chi-Guhn
Institutions: New York University, University of Virginia, University of Toronto
Language: English
Subfield: Signal Processing
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4284959276