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MultiverseAD: Enhancing spatial-temporal synchronous attention networks with causal knowledge for multivariate time

Xudong Jia¹, Defu Cao², Niangxi Zhuang³

¹College of Computer Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, Hunan, China.

Neural Networks : the Official Journal of the International Neural Network Society

|August 7, 2025

Summary

This study introduces MultiverseAD, a novel network for multivariate time series anomaly detection. It effectively identifies anomalies by integrating spatial-temporal features and causal knowledge, outperforming existing methods.

Keywords:

Anomaly detection Causal graph Graph neural networks,Multivariate time series Spatial-temporal attention network

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Area of Science:

Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Data Science

Background:

Multivariate time series anomaly detection is vital for system reliability.
Existing deep learning methods often fail to capture complex spatial-temporal interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce MultiverseAD, a novel spatial-temporal synchronous attention network.
To enhance anomaly detection in multivariate time series by incorporating causal knowledge.

Main Methods:

Developed MultiverseAD, combining a dynamic spatial-temporal synchronous attention network with a static spatial-temporal causal graph.
Employed sliding graph attention for local and long-term dependencies.
Integrated causal graph to encode static causal relationships.

Main Results:

MultiverseAD demonstrated superior performance across eight public datasets.
Consistently outperformed twelve state-of-the-art anomaly detection models.
Ablation studies confirmed the effectiveness of the causal graph and synchronous attention mechanisms.

Conclusions:

MultiverseAD offers a significant advancement in multivariate time series anomaly detection.
The integration of causal knowledge and spatial-temporal synchronous attention is key to improved performance.