Energy and Latency First: How Deployment Constraints Reverse Time-Series Model Selection

No. 148 of 245 · arXiv · Shruti Bothe, Illyyne Saffar, Ayush K. Varshney · published 23 Oct 2026, 04:00 UTC

AI & machine learning
Paper

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A paper on selecting time-series models for cellular handover prediction argues that accuracy-only benchmarks mislead when inference runs on a phone under hard timing deadlines and a cumulative energy budget. Testing eight architectures, the authors screened for tail-latency feasibility, then ranked feasible models by measured energy including feature computation.

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Score

0.64total under rubric v2.0

Significance0.58
Reader interest0.73
Audience breadth0.58
Practical relevance0.77
Substantiated0.71
Technical depth0.69
New information0.83
Counts against: Promotional0.04
Counts against: Overclaim0.28

Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).

Question	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3	Mean	Spread	Weight	Contribution (weight times mean)
Significance	0.66	0.35	0.72	0.58	0.37	+0.25	+0.144
Reader interest	0.70	0.60	0.90	0.73	0.30	+0.20	+0.147
Audience breadth	0.64	0.45	0.65	0.58	0.20	+0.10	+0.058
Practical relevance	0.79	0.65	0.86	0.77	0.21	+0.15	+0.115
Substantiated	0.83	0.60	0.70	0.71	0.23	+0.10	+0.071
Technical depth	0.74	0.60	0.72	0.69	0.14	+0.10	+0.069
New information	0.93	0.60	0.96	0.83	0.36	+0.10	+0.083
Promotional	0.06	0.05	0.01	0.04	0.05	−0.15	−0.006
Overclaim	0.32	0.35	0.18	0.28	0.17	−0.15	−0.042
Sum of contributions							+0.638
Claim-check penalty							0.000
Total, as published							0.638

Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.

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