new version, persistence -7 days

[talweg.git] / R / F_Persistence.R

#' @include Forecaster.R
#'
#' @title Persistence Forecaster
#'
#' @description Return the last centered last (similar) day curve.
#'   Inherits \code{\link{Forecaster}}
PersistenceForecaster = setRefClass(
	Class = "PersistenceForecaster",
	contains = "Forecaster",

	methods = list(
		initialize = function(...)
		{
			callSuper(...)
		},
		predictShape = function(today, memory, horizon, ...)
		{
			#return centered last (similar) day curve, avoiding NAs until memory is run
			first_day = max(1, today-memory)
			index = today-7 + 1
			repeat
			{
				{
					last_similar_serie = data$getCenteredSerie(index)[1:horizon]
					index = index - 7
				};
				if (!any(is.na(last_similar_serie)))
					return (last_similar_serie);
				if (index < first_day)
					return (NA)
			}
		}
	)
)