A comparison of AdaBoost algorithms for time series forecast combination

Barrow, Devon Kennard and Crone, Sven Friedrich Werner Manfred (2016) A comparison of AdaBoost algorithms for time series forecast combination. International Journal of Forecasting, 32 (4). pp. 1103-1119. ISSN 0169-2070

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Abstract

Recently, combination algorithms from machine learning classification have been extended to time series regression, most notably seven variants of the popular AdaBoost algorithm. Despite their theoretical promise their empirical accuracy in forecasting has not yet been assessed, either against each other or against any established approaches of forecast combination, model selection, or statistical benchmark algorithms. Also, none of the algorithms have been assessed on a representative set of empirical data, using only few synthetic time series. We remedy this omission by conducting a rigorous empirical evaluation using a representative set of 111 industry time series and a valid and reliable experimental design. We develop a full-factorial design over derived Boosting meta-parameters, creating 42 novel Boosting variants, and create a further 47 novel Boosting variants using research insights from forecast combination. Experiments show that only few Boosting meta-parameters increase accuracy, while meta-parameters derived from forecast combination research outperform others.

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Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
International Journal of Forecasting
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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Journal of Forecasting. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Journal of Forecasting, 32, 4, 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2016.01.006
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1400/1403
Subjects:
?? FORECASTINGTIME SERIESBOOSTINGENSEMBLEMODEL COMBINATION NEURAL NETWORKSBUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT ??
ID Code:
80092
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Deposited On:
20 Jun 2017 14:32
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