2026
XLinear: A Lightweight and Accurate MLP-Based Model for Long-Term Time Series Forecasting with Exogenous Inputs
AAAI 2026technical
Despite the prevalent assumption of uniform variable importance in long-term time series forecasting models, real-world applications often exhibit asymmetric causal relationships and varying data acquisition costs. Specifically, cost‐effective exogenous data (e.g., local weather) can unilaterally in