Year: 2023
Type: preprint
Abstract: This paper studies the application of ensembles composed of multi-output models for multi-step ahead forecasting problems. Dynamic ensembles have been commonly used for forecasting. However, these are typically designed for one-step-ahead tasks. On the other hand, the literature regarding the application of dynamic ensembles for multi-step ahead forecasting is scarce. Moreover, it is not clear how the combination rule is applied across the forecasting horizon. We carried out extensive experiments to analyze the application of dynamic ensembles for multi-step forecasting. We resorted to a case study with 3568 time series and an ensemble of 30 multi-output models. We discovered that dynamic ensembles based on arbitrating and windowing present the best performance according to average rank. Moreover, as the horizon increases, most approaches struggle to outperform a static ensemble that assigns equal weights to all models. The experiments are publicly available in a repository.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Cerqueira, Vitor, Torgo, Luis
Institution: Dalhousie University
Language: English
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4382323085