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An Interpretable Generative Framework for Anomaly Detection in High-Dimensional Financial Time Series

Machine Learning 2026-03-10 v1 Machine Learning

Abstract

Detecting structural instability and anomalies in high-dimensional financial time series is challenging due to complex temporal dependence and evolving cross-sectional structure. We propose ReGEN-TAD, an interpretable generative framework that integrates modern machine learning with econometric diagnostics for anomaly detection. The model combines joint forecasting and reconstruction within a refined convolutional--transformer architecture and aggregates complementary signals capturing predictive inconsistency, reconstruction degradation, latent distortion, and volatility shifts. Robust calibration yields a unified anomaly score without labeled data. Experiments on synthetic and financial panels demonstrate improved robustness to structured deviations while enabling economically coherent factor-level attribution.

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@article{arxiv.2603.07864,
  title  = {An Interpretable Generative Framework for Anomaly Detection in High-Dimensional Financial Time Series},
  author = {Waldyn G Martinez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.07864},
  year   = {2026}
}
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