#' @include Forecaster.R #' #' Neighbors Forecaster #' #' Predict tomorrow as a weighted combination of "futures of the past" days. #' Inherits \code{\link{Forecaster}} #' NeighborsForecaster = R6::R6Class("NeighborsForecaster", inherit = Forecaster, public = list( predictShape = function(data, today, memory, horizon, ...) { # (re)initialize computed parameters private$.params <- list("weights"=NA, "indices"=NA, "window"=NA) # Do not forecast on days with NAs (TODO: softer condition...) if (any(is.na(data$getCenteredSerie(today)))) return (NA) # Determine indices of no-NAs days followed by no-NAs tomorrows fdays = getNoNA2(data, max(today-memory,1), today-1) # Get optional args local = ifelse(hasArg("local"), list(...)$local, TRUE) #same level + season? simtype = ifelse(hasArg("simtype"), list(...)$simtype, "none") #or "endo", or "exo" if (hasArg("window")) { return ( private$.predictShapeAux(data, fdays, today, horizon, local, list(...)$window, simtype, TRUE) ) } # Indices of similar days for cross-validation; TODO: 20 = magic number cv_days = getSimilarDaysIndices(today, data, limit=20, same_season=FALSE, days_in=fdays) # Optimize h : h |--> sum of prediction errors on last N "similar" days errorOnLastNdays = function(window, simtype) { error = 0 nb_jours = 0 for (i in seq_along(cv_days)) { # mix_strategy is never used here (simtype != "mix"), therefore left blank prediction = private$.predictShapeAux(data, fdays, cv_days[i], horizon, local, window, simtype, FALSE) if (!is.na(prediction[1])) { nb_jours = nb_jours + 1 error = error + mean((data$getSerie(cv_days[i]+1)[1:horizon] - prediction)^2) } } return (error / nb_jours) } # TODO: 7 == magic number if (simtype=="endo" || simtype=="mix") { best_window_endo = optimize( errorOnLastNdays, c(0,7), simtype="endo")$minimum } if (simtype=="exo" || simtype=="mix") { best_window_exo = optimize( errorOnLastNdays, c(0,7), simtype="exo")$minimum } best_window = if (simtype == "endo") best_window_endo else if (simtype == "exo") best_window_exo else if (simtype == "mix") c(best_window_endo,best_window_exo) else #none: value doesn't matter 1 return(private$.predictShapeAux(data, fdays, today, horizon, local, best_window, simtype, TRUE)) } ), private = list( # Precondition: "today" is full (no NAs) .predictShapeAux = function(data, fdays, today, horizon, local, window, simtype, final_call) { fdays_cut = fdays[ fdays < today ] if (length(fdays_cut) <= 1) return (NA) if (local) { # Neighbors: days in "same season"; TODO: 60 == magic number... fdays = getSimilarDaysIndices(today, data, limit=60, same_season=TRUE, days_in=fdays_cut) if (length(fdays) <= 1) return (NA) levelToday = data$getLevel(today) distances = sapply(fdays, function(i) abs(data$getLevel(i)-levelToday)) #TODO: 2, 10, 3, 12 magic numbers here... dist_thresh = 2 min_neighbs = min(10,length(fdays)) repeat { same_pollution = (distances <= dist_thresh) nb_neighbs = sum(same_pollution) if (nb_neighbs >= min_neighbs) #will eventually happen break dist_thresh = dist_thresh + 3 } fdays = fdays[same_pollution] max_neighbs = 12 if (nb_neighbs > max_neighbs) { # Keep only max_neighbs closest neighbors fdays = fdays[ sort(distances[same_pollution],index.return=TRUE)$ix[1:max_neighbs] ] } if (length(fdays) == 1) #the other extreme... { if (final_call) { private$.params$weights <- 1 private$.params$indices <- fdays private$.params$window <- 1 } return ( data$getSerie(fdays[1])[1:horizon] ) #what else?! } } else fdays = fdays_cut #no conditioning if (simtype == "endo" || simtype == "mix") { # Compute endogen similarities using given window window_endo = ifelse(simtype=="mix", window[1], window) # Distances from last observed day to days in the past serieToday = data$getSerie(today) distances2 = sapply(fdays, function(i) { delta = serieToday - data$getSerie(i) mean(delta^2) }) sd_dist = sd(distances2) if (sd_dist < .25 * sqrt(.Machine$double.eps)) { # warning("All computed distances are very close: stdev too small") sd_dist = 1 #mostly for tests... FIXME: } simils_endo = exp(-distances2/(sd_dist*window_endo^2)) } if (simtype == "exo" || simtype == "mix") { # Compute exogen similarities using given window window_exo = ifelse(simtype=="mix", window[2], window) M = matrix( nrow=1+length(fdays), ncol=1+length(data$getExo(today)) ) M[1,] = c( data$getLevel(today), as.double(data$getExo(today)) ) for (i in seq_along(fdays)) M[i+1,] = c( data$getLevel(fdays[i]), as.double(data$getExo(fdays[i])) ) sigma = cov(M) #NOTE: robust covariance is way too slow # TODO: 10 == magic number; more robust way == det, or always ginv() sigma_inv = if (length(fdays) > 10) solve(sigma) else MASS::ginv(sigma) # Distances from last observed day to days in the past distances2 = sapply(seq_along(fdays), function(i) { delta = M[1,] - M[i+1,] delta %*% sigma_inv %*% delta }) sd_dist = sd(distances2) if (sd_dist < .25 * sqrt(.Machine$double.eps)) { # warning("All computed distances are very close: stdev too small") sd_dist = 1 #mostly for tests... FIXME: } simils_exo = exp(-distances2/(sd_dist*window_exo^2)) } similarities = if (simtype == "exo") simils_exo else if (simtype == "endo") simils_endo else if (simtype == "mix") simils_endo * simils_exo else #none rep(1, length(fdays)) similarities = similarities / sum(similarities) prediction = rep(0, horizon) for (i in seq_along(fdays)) prediction = prediction + similarities[i] * data$getSerie(fdays[i]+1)[1:horizon] if (final_call) { private$.params$weights <- similarities private$.params$indices <- fdays private$.params$window <- if (simtype=="endo") window_endo else if (simtype=="exo") window_exo else if (simtype=="mix") c(window_endo,window_exo) else #none 1 } return (prediction) } ) )