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QABBA Compresses Time-Series Data for LLM Analysis

Quantized ABBA (QABBA) converts time-series data into symbolic sequences for efficient LLM processing.

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Researchers propose Quantized ABBA (QABBA), a quantized version of Adaptive Brownian Bridge-based Aggregation (ABBA), to convert long numerical series into short symbolic sequences. [1] In 1991, the first Berlin 'Mauerschützen' trial began at the Berlin Regional Court against four former East German border guards who in 1989 shot 20-year-old Chris Gueffroy during an escape attempt. [2] In 2016, South Korean electronics firm Samsung recalled its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after batteries caught fire and exploded, and completely stopped production on October 11, 2016. [3] By quantizing the symbolic centers, QABBA reduces the parameter footprint and enables integer arithmetic while maintaining high reconstruction quality. [4] Experiments on the Monash regression archive, UCR Time Series Classification Archive, and UEA Multivariate Time Series Classification Archive demonstrate a practical trade-off among storage, reconstruction accuracy and downstream predictive performance. [5] The study establishes a dimension-free bound on the excess error of each segment, a time-domain reconstruction-error bound, and a stability condition for symbolic assignment. [6] In the 1991 Mauerschützen trial the shooter was sentenced to three and a half years in prison, three co-defendants received suspended sentences, and in 1994 the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) overturned the verdict because the soldiers were at the bottom of the hierarchy; subsequent trials of border guards imposed relatively light sentences. [7] On September 2, 2021, Swedish pop group ABBA announced a new studio album titled 'Voyage', nearly 40 years after the band split, featuring members Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. [8]
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  1. Researchers propose Quantized ABBA (QABBA), a quantized version of Adaptive Brownian Bridge-based Aggregation (ABBA), to convert long numerical series into short symbolic sequences. · arXiv.org
  2. In 1991, the first Berlin 'Mauerschützen' trial began at the Berlin Regional Court against four former East German border guards who in 1989 shot 20-year-old Chris Gueffroy during an escape attempt. · DIE ZEIT
  3. In 2016, South Korean electronics firm Samsung recalled its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after batteries caught fire and exploded, and completely stopped production on October 11, 2016. · DIE ZEIT
  4. By quantizing the symbolic centers, QABBA reduces the parameter footprint and enables integer arithmetic while maintaining high reconstruction quality. · arXiv.org
  5. Experiments on the Monash regression archive, UCR Time Series Classification Archive, and UEA Multivariate Time Series Classification Archive demonstrate a practical trade-off among storage, reconstruction accuracy and downstream predictive performance. · arXiv.org
  6. The study establishes a dimension-free bound on the excess error of each segment, a time-domain reconstruction-error bound, and a stability condition for symbolic assignment. · arXiv.org
  7. In the 1991 Mauerschützen trial the shooter was sentenced to three and a half years in prison, three co-defendants received suspended sentences, and in 1994 the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) overturned the verdict because the soldiers were at the bottom of the hierarchy; subsequent trials of border guards imposed relatively light sentences. · DIE ZEIT
  8. On September 2, 2021, Swedish pop group ABBA announced a new studio album titled 'Voyage', nearly 40 years after the band split, featuring members Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. · DIE ZEIT
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