+#' @title get Forecast
+#'
+#' @description Predict time-series curves for the selected days indices (lines in data).
+#'
+#' @param data Dataset, object of type \code{Data} output of \code{getData}
+#' @param indices Days indices where to forecast (the day after)
+#' @param forecaster Name of the main forcaster
+#' \itemize{
+#' \item Persistence : use values of last (similar, next) day
+#' \item Neighbors : use values from the k closest neighbors' tomorrows
+#' \item Average : global average of all the (similar) "tomorrow of past"
+#' \item Zero : just output 0 (benchmarking purpose)
+#' \item Level : output a flat serie repeating the last observed level
+#' }
+#' @param pjump How to predict the jump at the interface between two days ?
+#' \itemize{
+#' \item Persistence : use last (similar) day values
+#' \item Neighbors: re-use the weights optimized in corresponding forecaster
+#' \item Zero: just output 0 (no adjustment)
+#' }
+#' @param memory Data depth (in days) to be used for prediction
+#' @param horizon Number of time steps to predict
+#' @param ... Additional parameters for the forecasting models
+#'
+#' @return An object of class Forecast
+#'
+#' @examples
+#' data = getData(ts_data="data/pm10_mesures_H_loc.csv", exo_data="data/meteo_extra_noNAs.csv",
+#' input_tz = "Europe/Paris", working_tz="Europe/Paris", predict_at=7)
+#' pred = getForecast(data, 2200:2230, "Persistence", "Persistence", 500, 12)
+#' \dontrun{#Sketch for real-time mode:
+#' data = new("Data", ...)
+#' forecaster = new(..., data=data)
+#' repeat {
+#' data$append(some_new_data)
+#' pred = forecaster$predict(data$getSize(), ...)
+#' #do_something_with_pred
+#' }}
+#' @export
+getForecast = function(data, indices, forecaster, pjump=NULL,
+ memory=Inf, horizon=data$getStdHorizon(), ...)
+{
+ # (basic) Arguments sanity checks
+ horizon = as.integer(horizon)[1]
+ if (horizon<=0 || horizon>length(data$getCenteredSerie(2)))
+ stop("Horizon too short or too long")
+ indices = sapply( seq_along(indices), function(i) dateIndexToInteger(indices[i], data) )
+ if (any(indices<=0 | indices>data$getSize()))
+ stop("Indices out of range")
+ indices = sapply(indices, dateIndexToInteger, data)
+ if (!is.character(forecaster))
+ stop("forecaster (name) should be of class character") #pjump could be NULL
+
+ pred = list()
+ forecaster = new(paste(forecaster,"Forecaster",sep=""), data=data,
+ pjump =
+ if (is.null(pjump))
+ function() {}
+ else
+ getFromNamespace(paste("get",pjump,"JumpPredict",sep=""), "talweg"))
+ for (today in indices)
+ {
+ pred[[length(pred)+1]] = list(
+ "serie" = forecaster$predict(today, memory, horizon, ...),
+ "params" = forecaster$getParameters(),
+ "index" = today
+ )
+ }
+ new("Forecast",pred=pred)
+}