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This paper addresses a critical gap in large language model capabilities by introducing IRTS-ToolBench, a new benchmark specifically designed to evaluate performance on irregular time series data where missing values are informative and sampling is asynchronous. By shifting focus from idealized regular inputs to real-world messy datasets, the work advances agentic data science through tool-grounded reasoning methods that better reflect actual operational conditions in sensor networks and industrial IoT systems.
Towards Verifiable Agentic Data Science: Solving Irregular TSQA Via Tool-Grounded Reasoning
arXiv:2606.15107v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Time series data in real-world deployments is overwhelmingly irregular. Observations are asynchronous, missing values are informative rather than random, and sampling frequencies vary across sensors and operational windows. However, existing Time Series Question Answering (TSQA) benchmarks mostly assume regularly sampled inputs, leaving a fundamental gap in understanding how large language models (LLMs) and AI agents perform under irregular conditions. To bridge this gap, we introduce IRTS-ToolBench, a benchmark of 1,700 questions spanning 10 task types across 13 domains. IRTS-ToolBench is designed to be used independently by any researcher working on LLM-based irregular time series analysis, providing standardized inputs and a reproducible evaluation protocol. Code can be found in https://github.com/SanhornC/IRTS-ToolBench.
Abstract:Time series data in real-world deployments is overwhelmingly irregular. Observations are asynchronous, missing values are informative rather than random, and sampling frequencies vary across sensors and operational windows. However, existing Time Series Question Answering (TSQA) benchmarks mostly assume regularly sampled inputs, leaving a fundamental gap in understanding how large language models (LLMs) and AI agents perform under irregular conditions. To bridge this gap, we introduce IRTS-ToolBench, a benchmark of 1,700 questions spanning 10 task types across 13 domains. IRTS-ToolBench is designed to be used independently by any researcher working on LLM-based irregular time series analysis, providing standardized inputs and a reproducible evaluation protocol. Code can be found in this https URL.
Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
arXiv:2606.15107 [cs.AI]
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