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Mind the Gap: An Experimental Evaluation of Imputation of Missing Values Techniques in Time Series
Summary: Empirical, cross-method benchmark of twelve time-series imputation algorithms across ten diverse datasets, with uniform re-implementation. Results offer use-case-specific recommendations, reveal strengths and weaknesses, and outline directions for future research.
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- Paper ID
- 12273
- Venue
- VLDB
- Year
- 2020
- Pagerank
- 9.1261944e-05
- Overall Rank
- 2,276 | 84.17%
- DOI
-
10.14778/3377369.3377383
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| 9,240 |
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| 9,242 |
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4.3690661e-05 |
| 9,856 |
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4.269353e-05 |
| 10,272 |
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2026 |
VLDB |
4.1945683e-05 |
| 10,744 |
DIM-SUM: Dynamic IMputation for Smart Utility Management |
2025 |
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| 10,812 |
TARImpute: Task-Aware auto-Recommender System for Missing Value Imputation Algorithms with Clustering Case Studies |
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| 11,069 |
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4.1945683e-05 |
| 11,223 |
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| 11,340 |
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| 11,536 |
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4.1945683e-05 |
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| 656 |
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| 1,045 |
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| 1,346 |
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| 2,573 |
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| 3,540 |
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6.9943185e-05 |
| 4,264 |
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6.3101889e-05 |
| 12,584 |
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