#' Obtain delta forecast by the Persistence method #' #' @inheritParams getForecast #' @inheritParams getZeroDeltaForecast getPersistenceDeltaForecast = function(data, today, memory, horizon, shape_params, ...) { #return gap between end of similar day curve and first day of tomorrow (in the past) first_day = max(1, today-memory) index = today-7 repeat { { last_similar_serie_end = tail( data$getCenteredSerie(index), 1) last_similar_tomorrow_begin = data$getCenteredSerie(index+1)[1] index = index - 7 }; if (!is.na(last_similar_serie_end) && !is.na(last_similar_tomorrow_begin)) return (last_similar_tomorrow_begin - last_similar_serie_end); if (index < first_day) return (NA) } }