
Trend Modeling in Time Series Forecasting with Facebook Prophet
Last Updated on July 25, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): David Andres
Originally published on Towards AI.
How does Prophet deal with changes in trend?
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Classical time series forecasting techniques rely on statistical models that require a significant amount of effort to fine-tune and tailor to specific industry data. This often involves adjusting parameters to ensure accurate performance, which requires in-depth knowledge of the underlying models.
Prophet is an open-source library developed by Facebook designed to simplify the process of forecasting time series data, making it accessible to both analysts and non-experts.
Some of the main advantages of the Prophet are:
Due to its implementation in Stan, a statistical programming language written in C++, Facebook Prophet is extremely fast.Models are based on additive… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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