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Based on #1110

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  • New Features

    • Added time-series forecasting benchmarks with GIFT-Eval, including support for selecting datasets and running evaluations with TimesFM3.
    • Added leaderboard comparisons against published results for matching datasets, using seasonal-naive normalization and geometric-mean scores.
    • Added a utility for converting grouped quantile predictions into values and their corresponding quantile levels.
  • Documentation

    • Expanded benchmark setup and usage guidance, and clarified how quantile predictions are represented.

The change adds an exported utility that converts grouped quantile predictions into tensors and adds a GIFT-Eval time-series benchmarking workflow. The workflow configures forecasting, evaluates selected datasets, records results, and compares local results with published benchmarks.

Changes: Quantile conversion API

Layer / File(s) Summary
Quantile conversion API
sdm/evaluation/regression.py, sdm/evaluation/__init__.py, docs/source/icl.md, test/evaluation/test_regression.py
Adds and exports to_quantiles. The function validates target-column grouping and matching quantile levels, then returns reshaped values and quantile levels. Documentation and tests cover the output and grouping validation.

GIFT-Eval forecasting benchmarks

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared forecasting adapter
benchmark/timeseries/model.py, benchmark/timeseries/gift_eval/predictor.py, benchmark/timeseries/README.md, benchmark/timeseries/__init__.py
Adds TimesFM3 configuration, shared batched forecasting and quantile selection, and a GluonTS predictor that yields quantile forecasts. Documentation describes data mapping, padding, and multivariate handling.
Dataset execution and result recording
benchmark/timeseries/gift_eval/__init__.py, benchmark/timeseries/gift_eval/datasets.py, benchmark/timeseries/gift_eval/main.py, benchmark/timeseries/gift_eval/README.md, benchmark/README.md, .gitignore
Adds dataset registries and a command-line workflow that downloads or uses local data, skips completed configurations, evaluates eligible dataset terms, and appends results. Documentation describes setup and execution. .gitignore excludes gift_eval_out/.
Reference comparison leaderboards
benchmark/timeseries/gift_eval/evaluate.py
Adds comparison against published results for shared datasets. It normalizes MASE and CRPS against the seasonal-naive baseline and writes overall and per-term leaderboards.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant CLI
  participant GIFT_Eval
  participant SDMPredictor
  participant forecast
  participant ICLModel
  participant ResultsCSV
  CLI->>GIFT_Eval: Evaluate selected dataset terms
  GIFT_Eval->>SDMPredictor: Request forecasts for test data
  SDMPredictor->>forecast: Pass past and future DataFrames and target names
  forecast->>ICLModel: Pass context and query columns
  ICLModel-->>forecast: Return quantile predictions and levels
  forecast-->>SDMPredictor: Return quantile arrays
  SDMPredictor-->>GIFT_Eval: Yield quantile forecasts
  GIFT_Eval->>ResultsCSV: Append metrics and dataset metadata
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Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 1a506

The benchmark can report misleading mean metrics, reuse stale configurations, duplicate datasets, and alter forecasts through synthetic padding. These issues should be resolved before relying on the results.

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Description check Inconclusive The description references related work in PR #1110, but it does not explain the benchmark, adapter, evaluation, or CLI changes in this pull request. Add a brief summary of the GIFT-Eval benchmark integration and its main components.
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123-124: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Update completion state after each successful append.

If --dataset names the same dataset twice, completed remains unchanged during the run. The second pass appends duplicate configuration rows. Those rows can give that configuration extra weight in the leaderboard. Add config to completed after writing its row, or deduplicate the requested datasets before the loop.

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Keep quantile levels floating-point.

If pred.numerical has an integer dtype, values.new_tensor(levels) converts levels such as 0.1 and 0.9 to zero. The public helper then returns incorrect quantile levels. Specify a floating-point dtype while keeping the output on values.device, and cover an integer-valued prediction table in the test. PyTorch documents that new_tensor inherits the source tensor’s dtype by default. (docs.pytorch.org)

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Keep quantile levels floating-point in the helper that returns values and
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Review comments at @benchmark/forecasting/gift_eval/main.py:
- Around line 96-100: Update the result identity around `result_path` so cached
results are reused only when their effective model configuration, including
`max_context_size`, matches the current run. Record and validate the effective
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Review comments at @benchmark/forecasting/gift_eval/models.py:
- Around line 60-63: Update the QuantileForecast construction in the
forecast-yielding method to include an explicit approximate mean array and its
"mean" key alongside the quantile forecasts, so mean-based metrics use that
estimate rather than the median.

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Review comments at @benchmark/forecasting/gift_eval/main.py:
- Around line 123-124: Update the dataset processing loop so each configuration
is added to completed after its row is successfully written. This ensures
repeated dataset names are skipped on later passes while preserving the existing
completion check.

Review comments at @sdm/evaluation/regression.py:
- Line 61: Keep quantile levels floating-point in the helper that returns values
and levels: construct the levels tensor with a floating-point dtype while
preserving values.device. Add test coverage using an integer-valued prediction
table to verify levels such as 0.1 and 0.9 remain unchanged.

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- Line 115: After the successful row.to_csv call, add the current configuration
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- Around line 81-82: Preserve the structural-padding mask through preprocessing
in the `past` preparation flow so `sp.Interpolate()` does not turn leading
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