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Poster

A Simple and Universal Prompt-Tuning Framework for Spatio-Temporal Prediction

Zhonghang Li · Lianghao Xia · Yong Xu · Chao Huang


Abstract:

The objective of spatio-temporal prediction is to accurately forecast and analyze the dynamics of urban phenomena, including transportation patterns, energy consumption, and human mobility, considering both space and time. However, the presence of distribution shift poses a significant challenge in this field, as existing models struggle to generalize well when faced with test data that significantly differs from the training distribution. To tackle this issue, this paper introduces a simple and universal spatio-temporal prompt-tuning framework-UrbanPro, which adapts pre-trained models to the specific characteristics of diverse downstream datasets, which improves generalization in diverse prediction scenarios. Specifically, our UrbanPro framework employs a lightweight spatio-temporal prompt network for in-context learning, capturing spatio-temporal invariant knowledge and facilitating effective adaptation to diverse scenarios. Additionally, we incorporate a distribution mapping mechanism to align the data distributions of pre-training and downstream data, facilitating effective knowledge transfer in spatio-temporal forecasting. Empirical evaluations demonstrate the effectiveness of our UrbanPro across different spatio-temporal prediction tasks using diverse urban datasets.

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