{"id":2081,"date":"2019-07-01T10:54:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T05:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tenthplanet.in\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:14:07","slug":"time-series-forecasting-tbats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/time-series-forecasting-tbats\/","title":{"rendered":"Time-Series Forecasting using TBATS model"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>Time-series forecasting refers to the use of a model to predict future values based on previously observed values. Many researchers are familiar with time-series forecasting yet they struggle with specific types of time-series data. One such type of data is data with seasonality. There can be many types of seasonalities present (e.g., time of day, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly).<\/p>\n<p>TBATS is a forecasting method to model time series data.The main aim of this is to forecast time series with complex seasonal patterns using exponential smoothing.<\/p>\n<h3>Advantages<\/h3>\n<p>Many time series exhibit complex and multiple seasonal patterns (e.g., hourly data that contains a daily pattern, weekly pattern and an annual pattern). The most popular models (e.g. ARIMA and exponential smoothing) can only account for one seasonality.<\/p>\n<p>TBATS model has the capability to deal with complex seasonalities (e.g., non-integer seasonality, non-nested seasonality and large-period seasonality) with no seasonality constraints, making it possible to create detailed, long-term forecasts.<\/p>\n<h3>Overview<\/h3>\n<p>TBATS is an acronym for key features of the model:<\/p>\n<p>T: Trigonometric seasonality<br \/>\nB: Box-Cox transformation<br \/>\nA: ARIMA errors<br \/>\nT: Trend<br \/>\nS: Seasonal components<\/p>\n<p>In order to start forecasting we need to first install tbats package. The following steps should be implemented to create the model:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Partition the data into two parts(say, train_data and test_data). Train_data is used to train the model and fit model to data.The trained model is evaluated using test_data.<\/li>\n<li>Provide information about season lengths to the model (e.g., if hourly data is present, the model can be plotted weekly for all 24*7 hrs in a week).<\/li>\n<li>Fit the model to train_data by passing train_data to model.<\/li>\n<li>Forecast the model ahead by certain period of time for which you want to predict.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Example: Forecast of sales for next 365 days<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2082\" src=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/tbats-300x135.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/07\/tbats-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2019\/07\/tbats.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The above model is plotted for data-set with daily observation of sales. The graph is plotted for yearly (365 days) season length for all weeks in a year. The above model depicts yearly seasonal effect of sales.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>TBATS makes it easy for users to handle data with multiple seasonal patterns. This model is preferable when the seasonality changes over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time-series data with multiple seasonal effects are difficult to model and require the use of specialised algorithms. 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