BigDataFr recommends: Predicting the Future

TOne of the really fun aspects of being a data scientist is that we are called upon to predict the future. Frequently that means trying to predict who will buy, who will churn, what they will buy next, how much they will spend, all the sorts of questions that are the meat and potatoes of scoring models. But cross over into the realm of predicting the total amount they will buy next month (revenue projection) or the price of certain raw materials needed to fulfill those orders next week, month, or year and now you are in the world of time series forecasting. […]

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By William Vorhies
Source: www.datasciencecentral.com/