Training Tips and Variants

  1. Preprocess time series (normalize features, windowing); handle variable lengths (padding/truncation).
  2. Experiment with network depth, hidden units, and regularization (dropout) to avoid overfitting.
  3. Consider bidirectional LSTM or stacking multiple LSTM layers for complex patterns.
  4. GRU is a simpler gated RNN that combines forget/input gates into one update gate.
  5. Monitor gradients during training; use gradient clipping to stabilize learning if needed.