Time Series Forecasting with LLMs: Understanding and Enhancing Model Capabilities
CoRR(2024)
摘要
Large language models (LLMs) have been applied in many fields with rapid
development in recent years. As a classic machine learning task, time series
forecasting has recently received a boost from LLMs. However, there is a
research gap in the LLMs' preferences in this field. In this paper, by
comparing LLMs with traditional models, many properties of LLMs in time series
prediction are found. For example, our study shows that LLMs excel in
predicting time series with clear patterns and trends but face challenges with
datasets lacking periodicity. We explain our findings through designing prompts
to require LLMs to tell the period of the datasets. In addition, the input
strategy is investigated, and it is found that incorporating external knowledge
and adopting natural language paraphrases positively affects the predictive
performance of LLMs for time series. Overall, this study contributes to insight
into the advantages and limitations of LLMs in time series forecasting under
different conditions.
更多查看译文
AI 理解论文
溯源树
样例
生成溯源树,研究论文发展脉络
Chat Paper
正在生成论文摘要