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Well, for example, can I look at the company's sales performance over the past 24 months (along with various factors such as number of sales staff on the field)
by enraged_camel 9y ago
Well, for example, can I look at the company's sales performance over the past 24 months (along with various factors such as number of sales staff on the field) and accurately predict its numbers next month?
Where would I start with this? Is this even an ML problem?
- FlyingLawnmower 9y agoTime series data is hard, especially without lots of training examples. Consider looking into traditional forecasting methods as a baseline. AR(I)MA based approaches with seasonality might actually be fine for you. However, it all changes if there are structural breaks in your dataset. Look into Rob Hyndman's free online book (https://otexts.org/fpp2/ https://otexts.org/fpp2/) for an excellent introduction into timeseries forecasting.