## Copyright (c) 2017-present, Facebook, Inc. ## All rights reserved. ## This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the ## LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant ## of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory. ## Makes R CMD CHECK happy due to dplyr syntax below globalVariables(c( "ds", "y", "cap", ".", "component", "dow", "doy", "holiday", "holidays", "holidays_lower", "holidays_upper", "ix", "lower", "n", "stat", "trend", "row_number", "extra_regressors", "col", "trend_lower", "trend_upper", "upper", "value", "weekly", "weekly_lower", "weekly_upper", "x", "yearly", "yearly_lower", "yearly_upper", "yhat", "yhat_lower", "yhat_upper")) #' Prophet forecaster. #' #' @param df (optional) Dataframe containing the history. Must have columns ds #' (date type) and y, the time series. If growth is logistic, then df must #' also have a column cap that specifies the capacity at each ds. If not #' provided, then the model object will be instantiated but not fit; use #' fit.prophet(m, df) to fit the model. #' @param growth String 'linear' or 'logistic' to specify a linear or logistic #' trend. #' @param changepoints Vector of dates at which to include potential #' changepoints. If not specified, potential changepoints are selected #' automatically. #' @param n.changepoints Number of potential changepoints to include. Not used #' if input `changepoints` is supplied. If `changepoints` is not supplied, #' then n.changepoints potential changepoints are selected uniformly from the #' first `changepoint.range` proportion of df$ds. #' @param changepoint.range Proportion of history in which trend changepoints #' will be estimated. Defaults to 0.8 for the first 80%. Not used if #' `changepoints` is specified. #' @param yearly.seasonality Fit yearly seasonality. Can be 'auto', TRUE, #' FALSE, or a number of Fourier terms to generate. #' @param weekly.seasonality Fit weekly seasonality. Can be 'auto', TRUE, #' FALSE, or a number of Fourier terms to generate. #' @param daily.seasonality Fit daily seasonality. Can be 'auto', TRUE, #' FALSE, or a number of Fourier terms to generate. #' @param holidays data frame with columns holiday (character) and ds (date #' type)and optionally columns lower_window and upper_window which specify a #' range of days around the date to be included as holidays. lower_window=-2 #' will include 2 days prior to the date as holidays. Also optionally can have #' a column prior_scale specifying the prior scale for each holiday. #' @param seasonality.mode 'additive' (default) or 'multiplicative'. #' @param seasonality.prior.scale Parameter modulating the strength of the #' seasonality model. Larger values allow the model to fit larger seasonal #' fluctuations, smaller values dampen the seasonality. Can be specified for #' individual seasonalities using add_seasonality. #' @param holidays.prior.scale Parameter modulating the strength of the holiday #' components model, unless overridden in the holidays input. #' @param changepoint.prior.scale Parameter modulating the flexibility of the #' automatic changepoint selection. Large values will allow many changepoints, #' small values will allow few changepoints. #' @param mcmc.samples Integer, if greater than 0, will do full Bayesian #' inference with the specified number of MCMC samples. If 0, will do MAP #' estimation. #' @param interval.width Numeric, width of the uncertainty intervals provided #' for the forecast. If mcmc.samples=0, this will be only the uncertainty #' in the trend using the MAP estimate of the extrapolated generative model. #' If mcmc.samples>0, this will be integrated over all model parameters, #' which will include uncertainty in seasonality. #' @param uncertainty.samples Number of simulated draws used to estimate #' uncertainty intervals. #' @param fit Boolean, if FALSE the model is initialized but not fit. #' @param ... Additional arguments, passed to \code{\link{fit.prophet}} #' #' @return A prophet model. #' #' @examples #' \dontrun{ #' history <- data.frame(ds = seq(as.Date('2015-01-01'), as.Date('2016-01-01'), by = 'd'), #' y = sin(1:366/200) + rnorm(366)/10) #' m <- prophet(history) #' } #' #' @export #' @importFrom dplyr "%>%" #' @import Rcpp prophet <- function(df = NULL, growth = 'linear', changepoints = NULL, n.changepoints = 25, changepoint.range = 0.8, yearly.seasonality = 'auto', weekly.seasonality = 'auto', daily.seasonality = 'auto', holidays = NULL, seasonality.mode = 'additive', seasonality.prior.scale = 10, holidays.prior.scale = 10, changepoint.prior.scale = 0.05, mcmc.samples = 0, interval.width = 0.80, uncertainty.samples = 1000, fit = TRUE, ... ) { if (!is.null(changepoints)) { n.changepoints <- length(changepoints) } m <- list( growth = growth, changepoints = changepoints, n.changepoints = n.changepoints, changepoint.range = changepoint.range, yearly.seasonality = yearly.seasonality, weekly.seasonality = weekly.seasonality, daily.seasonality = daily.seasonality, holidays = holidays, seasonality.mode = seasonality.mode, seasonality.prior.scale = seasonality.prior.scale, changepoint.prior.scale = changepoint.prior.scale, holidays.prior.scale = holidays.prior.scale, mcmc.samples = mcmc.samples, interval.width = interval.width, uncertainty.samples = uncertainty.samples, specified.changepoints = !is.null(changepoints), start = NULL, # This and following attributes are set during fitting y.scale = NULL, logistic.floor = FALSE, t.scale = NULL, changepoints.t = NULL, seasonalities = list(), extra_regressors = list(), country_holidays = NULL, stan.fit = NULL, params = list(), history = NULL, history.dates = NULL, train.holiday.names = NULL, train.component.cols = NULL, component.modes = NULL ) m <- validate_inputs(m) class(m) <- append("prophet", class(m)) if ((fit) && (!is.null(df))) { m <- fit.prophet(m, df, ...) } return(m) } #' Validates the inputs to Prophet. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' #' @return The Prophet object. #' #' @keywords internal validate_inputs <- function(m) { if (!(m$growth %in% c('linear', 'logistic'))) { stop("Parameter 'growth' should be 'linear' or 'logistic'.") } if ((m$changepoint.range < 0) | (m$changepoint.range > 1)) { stop("Parameter 'changepoint.range' must be in [0, 1]") } if (!is.null(m$holidays)) { if (!(exists('holiday', where = m$holidays))) { stop('Holidays dataframe must have holiday field.') } if (!(exists('ds', where = m$holidays))) { stop('Holidays dataframe must have ds field.') } m$holidays$ds <- as.Date(m$holidays$ds) has.lower <- exists('lower_window', where = m$holidays) has.upper <- exists('upper_window', where = m$holidays) if (has.lower + has.upper == 1) { stop(paste('Holidays must have both lower_window and upper_window,', 'or neither.')) } if (has.lower) { if(max(m$holidays$lower_window, na.rm=TRUE) > 0) { stop('Holiday lower_window should be <= 0') } if(min(m$holidays$upper_window, na.rm=TRUE) < 0) { stop('Holiday upper_window should be >= 0') } } for (h in unique(m$holidays$holiday)) { validate_column_name(m, h, check_holidays = FALSE) } } if (!(m$seasonality.mode %in% c('additive', 'multiplicative'))) { stop("seasonality.mode must be 'additive' or 'multiplicative'") } return(m) } #' Validates the name of a seasonality, holiday, or regressor. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param name string #' @param check_holidays bool check if name already used for holiday #' @param check_seasonalities bool check if name already used for seasonality #' @param check_regressors bool check if name already used for regressor #' #' @keywords internal validate_column_name <- function( m, name, check_holidays = TRUE, check_seasonalities = TRUE, check_regressors = TRUE ) { if (grepl("_delim_", name)) { stop('Holiday name cannot contain "_delim_"') } reserved_names = c( 'trend', 'additive_terms', 'daily', 'weekly', 'yearly', 'holidays', 'zeros', 'extra_regressors_additive', 'yhat', 'extra_regressors_multiplicative', 'multiplicative_terms' ) rn_l = paste(reserved_names,"_lower",sep="") rn_u = paste(reserved_names,"_upper",sep="") reserved_names = c(reserved_names, rn_l, rn_u, c("ds", "y", "cap", "floor", "y_scaled", "cap_scaled")) if(name %in% reserved_names){ stop("Name ", name, " is reserved.") } if(check_holidays & !is.null(m$holidays) & (name %in% unique(m$holidays$holiday))){ stop("Name ", name, " already used for a holiday.") } if(check_holidays & !is.null(m$country_holidays)){ if(name %in% get_holiday_names(m$country_holidays)){ stop("Name ", name, " is a holiday name in ", m$country_holidays, ".") } } if(check_seasonalities & (!is.null(m$seasonalities[[name]]))){ stop("Name ", name, " already used for a seasonality.") } if(check_regressors & (!is.null(m$seasonalities[[name]]))){ stop("Name ", name, " already used for an added regressor.") } } #' Load compiled Stan model #' #' @param model String 'linear' or 'logistic' to specify a linear or logistic #' trend. #' #' @return Stan model. #' #' @keywords internal get_prophet_stan_model <- function() { ## If the cached model doesn't work, just compile a new one. tryCatch({ binary <- system.file( 'libs', Sys.getenv('R_ARCH'), 'prophet_stan_model.RData', package = 'prophet', mustWork = TRUE ) load(binary) obj.name <- 'model.stanm' stanm <- eval(parse(text = obj.name)) ## Should cause an error if the model doesn't work. stanm@mk_cppmodule(stanm) stanm }, error = function(cond) { compile_stan_model() }) } #' Compile Stan model #' #' @param model String 'linear' or 'logistic' to specify a linear or logistic #' trend. #' #' @return Stan model. #' #' @keywords internal compile_stan_model <- function() { fn <- 'stan/prophet.stan' stan.src <- system.file(fn, package = 'prophet', mustWork = TRUE) stanc <- rstan::stanc(stan.src) return(rstan::stan_model(stanc_ret = stanc, model_name = 'prophet_model')) } #' Convert date vector #' #' Convert the date to POSIXct object #' #' @param ds Date vector, can be consisted of characters #' @param tz string time zone #' #' @return vector of POSIXct object converted from date #' #' @keywords internal set_date <- function(ds = NULL, tz = "GMT") { if (length(ds) == 0) { return(NULL) } if (is.factor(ds)) { ds <- as.character(ds) } if (min(nchar(ds), na.rm=TRUE) < 12) { ds <- as.POSIXct(ds, format = "%Y-%m-%d", tz = tz) } else { ds <- as.POSIXct(ds, format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", tz = tz) } attr(ds, "tzone") <- tz return(ds) } #' Time difference between datetimes #' #' Compute time difference of two POSIXct objects #' #' @param ds1 POSIXct object #' @param ds2 POSIXct object #' @param units string units of difference, e.g. 'days' or 'secs'. #' #' @return numeric time difference #' #' @keywords internal time_diff <- function(ds1, ds2, units = "days") { return(as.numeric(difftime(ds1, ds2, units = units))) } #' Prepare dataframe for fitting or predicting. #' #' Adds a time index and scales y. Creates auxillary columns 't', 't_ix', #' 'y_scaled', and 'cap_scaled'. These columns are used during both fitting #' and predicting. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param df Data frame with columns ds, y, and cap if logistic growth. Any #' specified additional regressors must also be present. #' @param initialize_scales Boolean set scaling factors in m from df. #' #' @return list with items 'df' and 'm'. #' #' @keywords internal setup_dataframe <- function(m, df, initialize_scales = FALSE) { if (exists('y', where=df)) { df$y <- as.numeric(df$y) } if (any(is.infinite(df$y))) { stop("Found infinity in column y.") } df$ds <- set_date(df$ds) if (anyNA(df$ds)) { stop(paste('Unable to parse date format in column ds. Convert to date ', 'format (%Y-%m-%d or %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S) and check that there', 'are no NAs.')) } for (name in names(m$extra_regressors)) { if (!(name %in% colnames(df))) { stop('Regressor "', name, '" missing from dataframe') } } df <- df %>% dplyr::arrange(ds) m <- initialize_scales_fn(m, initialize_scales, df) if (m$logistic.floor) { if (!('floor' %in% colnames(df))) { stop("Expected column 'floor'.") } } else { df$floor <- 0 } if (m$growth == 'logistic') { if (!(exists('cap', where=df))) { stop('Capacities must be supplied for logistic growth.') } df <- df %>% dplyr::mutate(cap_scaled = (cap - floor) / m$y.scale) } df$t <- time_diff(df$ds, m$start, "secs") / m$t.scale if (exists('y', where=df)) { df$y_scaled <- (df$y - df$floor) / m$y.scale } for (name in names(m$extra_regressors)) { df[[name]] <- as.numeric(df[[name]]) props <- m$extra_regressors[[name]] df[[name]] <- (df[[name]] - props$mu) / props$std if (anyNA(df[[name]])) { stop('Found NaN in column ', name) } } return(list("m" = m, "df" = df)) } #' Initialize model scales. #' #' Sets model scaling factors using df. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param initialize_scales Boolean set the scales or not. #' @param df Dataframe for setting scales. #' #' @return Prophet object with scales set. #' #' @keywords internal initialize_scales_fn <- function(m, initialize_scales, df) { if (!initialize_scales) { return(m) } if ((m$growth == 'logistic') && ('floor' %in% colnames(df))) { m$logistic.floor <- TRUE floor <- df$floor } else { floor <- 0 } m$y.scale <- max(abs(df$y - floor)) if (m$y.scale == 0) { m$y.scale <- 1 } m$start <- min(df$ds) m$t.scale <- time_diff(max(df$ds), m$start, "secs") for (name in names(m$extra_regressors)) { standardize <- m$extra_regressors[[name]]$standardize n.vals <- length(unique(df[[name]])) if (n.vals < 2) { standardize <- FALSE } if (standardize == 'auto') { if (n.vals == 2 && all(sort(unique(df[[name]])) == c(0, 1))) { # Don't standardize binary variables standardize <- FALSE } else { standardize <- TRUE } } if (standardize) { mu <- mean(df[[name]]) std <- stats::sd(df[[name]]) m$extra_regressors[[name]]$mu <- mu m$extra_regressors[[name]]$std <- std } } return(m) } #' Set changepoints #' #' Sets m$changepoints to the dates of changepoints. Either: #' 1) The changepoints were passed in explicitly. #' A) They are empty. #' B) They are not empty, and need validation. #' 2) We are generating a grid of them. #' 3) The user prefers no changepoints be used. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' #' @return m with changepoints set. #' #' @keywords internal set_changepoints <- function(m) { if (!is.null(m$changepoints)) { if (length(m$changepoints) > 0) { m$changepoints <- set_date(m$changepoints) if (min(m$changepoints) < min(m$history$ds) || max(m$changepoints) > max(m$history$ds)) { stop('Changepoints must fall within training data.') } } } else { # Place potential changepoints evenly through the first changepoint.range # proportion of the history. hist.size <- floor(nrow(m$history) * m$changepoint.range) if (m$n.changepoints + 1 > hist.size) { m$n.changepoints <- hist.size - 1 message('n.changepoints greater than number of observations. Using ', m$n.changepoints) } if (m$n.changepoints > 0) { cp.indexes <- round(seq.int(1, hist.size, length.out = (m$n.changepoints + 1))[-1]) m$changepoints <- m$history$ds[cp.indexes] } else { m$changepoints <- c() } } if (length(m$changepoints) > 0) { m$changepoints.t <- sort( time_diff(m$changepoints, m$start, "secs")) / m$t.scale } else { m$changepoints.t <- c(0) # dummy changepoint } return(m) } #' Provides Fourier series components with the specified frequency and order. #' #' @param dates Vector of dates. #' @param period Number of days of the period. #' @param series.order Number of components. #' #' @return Matrix with seasonality features. #' #' @keywords internal fourier_series <- function(dates, period, series.order) { t <- time_diff(dates, set_date('1970-01-01 00:00:00')) features <- matrix(0, length(t), 2 * series.order) for (i in 1:series.order) { x <- as.numeric(2 * i * pi * t / period) features[, i * 2 - 1] <- sin(x) features[, i * 2] <- cos(x) } return(features) } #' Data frame with seasonality features. #' #' @param dates Vector of dates. #' @param period Number of days of the period. #' @param series.order Number of components. #' @param prefix Column name prefix. #' #' @return Dataframe with seasonality. #' #' @keywords internal make_seasonality_features <- function(dates, period, series.order, prefix) { features <- fourier_series(dates, period, series.order) colnames(features) <- paste(prefix, 1:ncol(features), sep = '_delim_') return(data.frame(features)) } #' Construct a dataframe of holiday dates. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param dates Vector with dates used for computing seasonality. #' #' @return A dataframe of holiday dates, in holiday dataframe format used in #' initialization. #' #' @importFrom dplyr "%>%" #' @keywords internal construct_holiday_dataframe <- function(m, dates) { all.holidays <- data.frame() if (!is.null(m$holidays)){ all.holidays <- m$holidays } if (!is.null(m$country_holidays)) { year.list <- as.numeric(unique(format(dates, "%Y"))) country.holidays.df <- make_holidays_df(year.list, m$country_holidays) all.holidays <- suppressWarnings(dplyr::bind_rows(all.holidays, country.holidays.df)) } # If the model has already been fit with a certain set of holidays, # make sure we are using those same ones. if (!is.null(m$train.holiday.names)) { row.to.keep <- which(all.holidays$holiday %in% m$train.holiday.names) all.holidays <- all.holidays[row.to.keep,] holidays.to.add <- data.frame( holiday=setdiff(m$train.holiday.names, all.holidays$holiday) ) all.holidays <- suppressWarnings(dplyr::bind_rows(all.holidays, holidays.to.add)) } return(all.holidays) } #' Construct a matrix of holiday features. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param dates Vector with dates used for computing seasonality. #' @param holidays Dataframe containing holidays, as returned by #' construct_holiday_dataframe. #' #' @return A list with entries #' holiday.features: dataframe with a column for each holiday. #' prior.scales: array of prior scales for each holiday column. #' holiday.names: array of names of all holidays. #' #' @importFrom dplyr "%>%" #' @keywords internal make_holiday_features <- function(m, dates, holidays) { # Strip dates to be just days, for joining on holidays dates <- set_date(format(dates, "%Y-%m-%d")) wide <- holidays %>% dplyr::mutate(ds = set_date(ds)) %>% dplyr::group_by(holiday, ds) %>% dplyr::filter(dplyr::row_number() == 1) %>% dplyr::do({ if (exists('lower_window', where = .) && !is.na(.$lower_window) && !is.na(.$upper_window)) { offsets <- seq(.$lower_window, .$upper_window) } else { offsets <- c(0) } names <- paste(.$holiday, '_delim_', ifelse(offsets < 0, '-', '+'), abs(offsets), sep = '') dplyr::data_frame(ds = .$ds + offsets * 24 * 3600, holiday = names) }) %>% dplyr::mutate(x = 1.) %>% tidyr::spread(holiday, x, fill = 0) holiday.features <- data.frame(ds = set_date(dates)) %>% dplyr::left_join(wide, by = 'ds') %>% dplyr::select(-ds) # Make sure column order is consistent holiday.features <- holiday.features %>% dplyr::select(sort(names(.))) holiday.features[is.na(holiday.features)] <- 0 # Prior scales if (!('prior_scale' %in% colnames(holidays))) { holidays$prior_scale <- m$holidays.prior.scale } prior.scales.list <- list() for (name in unique(holidays$holiday)) { df.h <- holidays[holidays$holiday == name, ] ps <- unique(df.h$prior_scale) if (length(ps) > 1) { stop('Holiday ', name, ' does not have a consistent prior scale ', 'specification') } if (is.na(ps)) { ps <- m$holidays.prior.scale } if (ps <= 0) { stop('Prior scale must be > 0.') } prior.scales.list[[name]] <- ps } prior.scales <- c() for (name in colnames(holiday.features)) { sn <- strsplit(name, '_delim_', fixed = TRUE)[[1]][1] prior.scales <- c(prior.scales, prior.scales.list[[sn]]) } holiday.names <- names(prior.scales.list) if (is.null(m$train.holiday.names)){ m$train.holiday.names <- holiday.names } return(list(m = m, holiday.features = holiday.features, prior.scales = prior.scales, holiday.names = holiday.names)) } #' Add an additional regressor to be used for fitting and predicting. #' #' The dataframe passed to `fit` and `predict` will have a column with the #' specified name to be used as a regressor. When standardize='auto', the #' regressor will be standardized unless it is binary. The regression #' coefficient is given a prior with the specified scale parameter. #' Decreasing the prior scale will add additional regularization. If no #' prior scale is provided, holidays.prior.scale will be used. #' Mode can be specified as either 'additive' or 'multiplicative'. If not #' specified, m$seasonality.mode will be used. 'additive' means the effect of #' the regressor will be added to the trend, 'multiplicative' means it will #' multiply the trend. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param name String name of the regressor #' @param prior.scale Float scale for the normal prior. If not provided, #' holidays.prior.scale will be used. #' @param standardize Bool, specify whether this regressor will be standardized #' prior to fitting. Can be 'auto' (standardize if not binary), True, or #' False. #' @param mode Optional, 'additive' or 'multiplicative'. Defaults to #' m$seasonality.mode. #' #' @return The prophet model with the regressor added. #' #' @export add_regressor <- function( m, name, prior.scale = NULL, standardize = 'auto', mode = NULL ){ if (!is.null(m$history)) { stop('Regressors must be added prior to model fitting.') } validate_column_name(m, name, check_regressors = FALSE) if (is.null(prior.scale)) { prior.scale <- m$holidays.prior.scale } if (is.null(mode)) { mode <- m$seasonality.mode } if(prior.scale <= 0) { stop("Prior scale must be > 0") } if (!(mode %in% c('additive', 'multiplicative'))) { stop("mode must be 'additive' or 'multiplicative'") } m$extra_regressors[[name]] <- list( prior.scale = prior.scale, standardize = standardize, mu = 0, std = 1.0, mode = mode ) return(m) } #' Add a seasonal component with specified period, number of Fourier #' components, and prior scale. #' #' Increasing the number of Fourier components allows the seasonality to change #' more quickly (at risk of overfitting). Default values for yearly and weekly #' seasonalities are 10 and 3 respectively. #' #' Increasing prior scale will allow this seasonality component more #' flexibility, decreasing will dampen it. If not provided, will use the #' seasonality.prior.scale provided on Prophet initialization (defaults to 10). #' #' Mode can be specified as either 'additive' or 'multiplicative'. If not #' specified, m$seasonality.mode will be used (defaults to 'additive'). #' Additive means the seasonality will be added to the trend, multiplicative #' means it will multiply the trend. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param name String name of the seasonality component. #' @param period Float number of days in one period. #' @param fourier.order Int number of Fourier components to use. #' @param prior.scale Optional float prior scale for this component. #' @param mode Optional 'additive' or 'multiplicative'. #' #' @return The prophet model with the seasonality added. #' #' @export add_seasonality <- function( m, name, period, fourier.order, prior.scale = NULL, mode = NULL ) { if (!is.null(m$history)) { stop("Seasonality must be added prior to model fitting.") } if (!(name %in% c('daily', 'weekly', 'yearly'))) { # Allow overriding built-in seasonalities validate_column_name(m, name, check_seasonalities = FALSE) } if (is.null(prior.scale)) { ps <- m$seasonality.prior.scale } else { ps <- prior.scale } if (ps <= 0) { stop('Prior scale must be > 0') } if (is.null(mode)) { mode <- m$seasonality.mode } if (!(mode %in% c('additive', 'multiplicative'))) { stop("mode must be 'additive' or 'multiplicative'") } m$seasonalities[[name]] <- list( period = period, fourier.order = fourier.order, prior.scale = ps, mode = mode ) return(m) } #' Add in built-in holidays for the specified country. #' #' These holidays will be included in addition to any specified on model #' initialization. #' #' Holidays will be calculated for arbitrary date ranges in the history #' and future. See the online documentation for the list of countries with #' built-in holidays. #' #' Built-in country holidays can only be set for a single country. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param country_name Name of the country, like 'UnitedStates' or 'US' #' #' @return The prophet model with the holidays country set. #' #' @export add_country_holidays <- function(m, country_name) { if (!is.null(m$history)) { stop("Country holidays must be added prior to model fitting.") } if (!(country_name %in% generated_holidays$country)){ stop("Holidays in ", country_name," are not currently supported!") } # Validate names. for (name in get_holiday_names(country_name)) { # Allow merging with existing holidays validate_column_name(m, name, check_holidays = FALSE) } # Set the holidays. if (!is.null(m$country_holidays)) { message( 'Changing country holidays from ', m$country_holidays, ' to ', country_name ) } m$country_holidays = country_name return(m) } #' Dataframe with seasonality features. #' Includes seasonality features, holiday features, and added regressors. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param df Dataframe with dates for computing seasonality features and any #' added regressors. #' #' @return List with items #' seasonal.features: Dataframe with regressor features, #' prior.scales: Array of prior scales for each colum of the features #' dataframe. #' component.cols: Dataframe with indicators for which regression components #' correspond to which columns. #' modes: List with keys 'additive' and 'multiplicative' with arrays of #' component names for each mode of seasonality. #' #' @keywords internal make_all_seasonality_features <- function(m, df) { seasonal.features <- data.frame(row.names = 1:nrow(df)) prior.scales <- c() modes <- list(additive = c(), multiplicative = c()) # Seasonality features for (name in names(m$seasonalities)) { props <- m$seasonalities[[name]] features <- make_seasonality_features( df$ds, props$period, props$fourier.order, name) seasonal.features <- cbind(seasonal.features, features) prior.scales <- c(prior.scales, props$prior.scale * rep(1, ncol(features))) modes[[props$mode]] <- c(modes[[props$mode]], name) } # Holiday features holidays <- construct_holiday_dataframe(m, df$ds) if (nrow(holidays) > 0) { out <- make_holiday_features(m, df$ds, holidays) m <- out$m seasonal.features <- cbind(seasonal.features, out$holiday.features) prior.scales <- c(prior.scales, out$prior.scales) modes[[m$seasonality.mode]] <- c( modes[[m$seasonality.mode]], out$holiday.names ) } # Additional regressors for (name in names(m$extra_regressors)) { props <- m$extra_regressors[[name]] seasonal.features[[name]] <- df[[name]] prior.scales <- c(prior.scales, props$prior.scale) modes[[props$mode]] <- c(modes[[props$mode]], name) } # Dummy to prevent empty X if (ncol(seasonal.features) == 0) { seasonal.features <- data.frame(zeros = rep(0, nrow(df))) prior.scales <- c(1.) } components.list <- regressor_column_matrix(m, seasonal.features, modes) return(list(m = m, seasonal.features = seasonal.features, prior.scales = prior.scales, component.cols = components.list$component.cols, modes = components.list$modes)) } #' Dataframe indicating which columns of the feature matrix correspond to #' which seasonality/regressor components. #' #' Includes combination components, like 'additive_terms'. These combination #' components will be added to the 'modes' input. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param seasonal.features Constructed seasonal features dataframe. #' @param modes List with keys 'additive' and 'multiplicative' with arrays of #' component names for each mode of seasonality. #' #' @return List with items #' component.cols: A binary indicator dataframe with columns seasonal #' components and rows columns in seasonal.features. Entry is 1 if that #' column is used in that component. #' modes: Updated input with combination components. #' #' @keywords internal regressor_column_matrix <- function(m, seasonal.features, modes) { components <- dplyr::data_frame(component = colnames(seasonal.features)) %>% dplyr::mutate(col = seq_len(n())) %>% tidyr::separate(component, c('component', 'part'), sep = "_delim_", extra = "merge", fill = "right") %>% dplyr::select(col, component) # Add total for holidays if(!is.null(m$train.holiday.names)){ components <- add_group_component( components, 'holidays', unique(m$train.holiday.names)) } # Add totals for additive and multiplicative components, and regressors for (mode in c('additive', 'multiplicative')) { components <- add_group_component( components, paste0(mode, '_terms'), modes[[mode]]) regressors_by_mode <- c() for (name in names(m$extra_regressors)) { if (m$extra_regressors[[name]]$mode == mode) { regressors_by_mode <- c(regressors_by_mode, name) } } components <- add_group_component( components, paste0('extra_regressors_', mode), regressors_by_mode) # Add combination components to modes modes[[mode]] <- c(modes[[mode]], paste0(mode, '_terms')) modes[[mode]] <- c(modes[[mode]], paste0('extra_regressors_', mode)) } # After all of the additive/multiplicative groups have been added, modes[[m$seasonality.mode]] <- c(modes[[m$seasonality.mode]], 'holidays') # Convert to a binary matrix component.cols <- as.data.frame.matrix( table(components$col, components$component) ) component.cols <- ( component.cols[order(as.numeric(row.names(component.cols))), , drop = FALSE] ) # Add columns for additive and multiplicative terms, if missing for (name in c('additive_terms', 'multiplicative_terms')) { if (!(name %in% colnames(component.cols))) { component.cols[[name]] <- 0 } } # Remove the placeholder components <- dplyr::filter(components, component != 'zeros') # Validation if ( max(component.cols$additive_terms + component.cols$multiplicative_terms) > 1 ) { stop('A bug occurred in seasonal components.') } # Compare to training, if set. if (!is.null(m$train.component.cols)) { component.cols <- component.cols[, colnames(m$train.component.cols)] if (!all(component.cols == m$train.component.cols)) { stop('A bug occurred in constructing regressors.') } } return(list(component.cols = component.cols, modes = modes)) } #' Adds a component with given name that contains all of the components #' in group. #' #' @param components Dataframe with components. #' @param name Name of new group component. #' @param group List of components that form the group. #' #' @return Dataframe with components. #' #' @keywords internal add_group_component <- function(components, name, group) { new_comp <- components[(components$component %in% group), ] group_cols <- unique(new_comp$col) if (length(group_cols) > 0) { new_comp <- data.frame(col=group_cols, component=name) components <- rbind(components, new_comp) } return(components) } #' Get number of Fourier components for built-in seasonalities. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param name String name of the seasonality component. #' @param arg 'auto', TRUE, FALSE, or number of Fourier components as #' provided. #' @param auto.disable Bool if seasonality should be disabled when 'auto'. #' @param default.order Int default Fourier order. #' #' @return Number of Fourier components, or 0 for disabled. #' #' @keywords internal parse_seasonality_args <- function(m, name, arg, auto.disable, default.order) { if (arg == 'auto') { fourier.order <- 0 if (name %in% names(m$seasonalities)) { message('Found custom seasonality named "', name, '", disabling built-in ', name, ' seasonality.') } else if (auto.disable) { message('Disabling ', name, ' seasonality. Run prophet with ', name, '.seasonality=TRUE to override this.') } else { fourier.order <- default.order } } else if (arg == TRUE) { fourier.order <- default.order } else if (arg == FALSE) { fourier.order <- 0 } else { fourier.order <- arg } return(fourier.order) } #' Set seasonalities that were left on auto. #' #' Turns on yearly seasonality if there is >=2 years of history. #' Turns on weekly seasonality if there is >=2 weeks of history, and the #' spacing between dates in the history is <7 days. #' Turns on daily seasonality if there is >=2 days of history, and the spacing #' between dates in the history is <1 day. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' #' @return The prophet model with seasonalities set. #' #' @keywords internal set_auto_seasonalities <- function(m) { first <- min(m$history$ds) last <- max(m$history$ds) dt <- diff(time_diff(m$history$ds, m$start)) min.dt <- min(dt[dt > 0]) yearly.disable <- time_diff(last, first) < 730 fourier.order <- parse_seasonality_args( m, 'yearly', m$yearly.seasonality, yearly.disable, 10) if (fourier.order > 0) { m$seasonalities[['yearly']] <- list( period = 365.25, fourier.order = fourier.order, prior.scale = m$seasonality.prior.scale, mode = m$seasonality.mode ) } weekly.disable <- ((time_diff(last, first) < 14) || (min.dt >= 7)) fourier.order <- parse_seasonality_args( m, 'weekly', m$weekly.seasonality, weekly.disable, 3) if (fourier.order > 0) { m$seasonalities[['weekly']] <- list( period = 7, fourier.order = fourier.order, prior.scale = m$seasonality.prior.scale, mode = m$seasonality.mode ) } daily.disable <- ((time_diff(last, first) < 2) || (min.dt >= 1)) fourier.order <- parse_seasonality_args( m, 'daily', m$daily.seasonality, daily.disable, 4) if (fourier.order > 0) { m$seasonalities[['daily']] <- list( period = 1, fourier.order = fourier.order, prior.scale = m$seasonality.prior.scale, mode = m$seasonality.mode ) } return(m) } #' Initialize linear growth. #' #' Provides a strong initialization for linear growth by calculating the #' growth and offset parameters that pass the function through the first and #' last points in the time series. #' #' @param df Data frame with columns ds (date), y_scaled (scaled time series), #' and t (scaled time). #' #' @return A vector (k, m) with the rate (k) and offset (m) of the linear #' growth function. #' #' @keywords internal linear_growth_init <- function(df) { i0 <- which.min(df$ds) i1 <- which.max(df$ds) T <- df$t[i1] - df$t[i0] # Initialize the rate k <- (df$y_scaled[i1] - df$y_scaled[i0]) / T # And the offset m <- df$y_scaled[i0] - k * df$t[i0] return(c(k, m)) } #' Initialize logistic growth. #' #' Provides a strong initialization for logistic growth by calculating the #' growth and offset parameters that pass the function through the first and #' last points in the time series. #' #' @param df Data frame with columns ds (date), cap_scaled (scaled capacity), #' y_scaled (scaled time series), and t (scaled time). #' #' @return A vector (k, m) with the rate (k) and offset (m) of the logistic #' growth function. #' #' @keywords internal logistic_growth_init <- function(df) { i0 <- which.min(df$ds) i1 <- which.max(df$ds) T <- df$t[i1] - df$t[i0] # Force valid values, in case y > cap or y < 0 C0 <- df$cap_scaled[i0] C1 <- df$cap_scaled[i1] y0 <- max(0.01 * C0, min(0.99 * C0, df$y_scaled[i0])) y1 <- max(0.01 * C1, min(0.99 * C1, df$y_scaled[i1])) r0 <- C0 / y0 r1 <- C1 / y1 if (abs(r0 - r1) <= 0.01) { r0 <- 1.05 * r0 } L0 <- log(r0 - 1) L1 <- log(r1 - 1) # Initialize the offset m <- L0 * T / (L0 - L1) # And the rate k <- (L0 - L1) / T return(c(k, m)) } #' Fit the prophet model. #' #' This sets m$params to contain the fitted model parameters. It is a list #' with the following elements: #' k (M array): M posterior samples of the initial slope. #' m (M array): The initial intercept. #' delta (MxN matrix): The slope change at each of N changepoints. #' beta (MxK matrix): Coefficients for K seasonality features. #' sigma_obs (M array): Noise level. #' Note that M=1 if MAP estimation. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param df Data frame. #' @param ... Additional arguments passed to the \code{optimizing} or #' \code{sampling} functions in Stan. #' #' @export fit.prophet <- function(m, df, ...) { if (!is.null(m$history)) { stop("Prophet object can only be fit once. Instantiate a new object.") } if (!(exists('ds', where = df)) | !(exists('y', where = df))) { stop(paste( "Dataframe must have columns 'ds' and 'y' with the dates and values", "respectively." )) } history <- df %>% dplyr::filter(!is.na(y)) if (nrow(history) < 2) { stop("Dataframe has less than 2 non-NA rows.") } m$history.dates <- sort(set_date(df$ds)) out <- setup_dataframe(m, history, initialize_scales = TRUE) history <- out$df m <- out$m m$history <- history m <- set_auto_seasonalities(m) out2 <- make_all_seasonality_features(m, history) m <- out2$m seasonal.features <- out2$seasonal.features prior.scales <- out2$prior.scales component.cols <- out2$component.cols m$train.component.cols <- component.cols m$component.modes <- out2$modes m <- set_changepoints(m) # Construct input to stan dat <- list( T = nrow(history), K = ncol(seasonal.features), S = length(m$changepoints.t), y = history$y_scaled, t = history$t, t_change = array(m$changepoints.t), X = as.matrix(seasonal.features), sigmas = array(prior.scales), tau = m$changepoint.prior.scale, trend_indicator = as.numeric(m$growth == 'logistic'), s_a = array(component.cols$additive_terms), s_m = array(component.cols$multiplicative_terms) ) # Run stan if (m$growth == 'linear') { dat$cap <- rep(0, nrow(history)) # Unused inside Stan kinit <- linear_growth_init(history) } else { dat$cap <- history$cap_scaled # Add capacities to the Stan data kinit <- logistic_growth_init(history) } if (exists(".prophet.stan.model")) { model <- .prophet.stan.model } else { model <- get_prophet_stan_model() } stan_init <- function() { list(k = kinit[1], m = kinit[2], delta = array(rep(0, length(m$changepoints.t))), beta = array(rep(0, ncol(seasonal.features))), sigma_obs = 1 ) } if (min(history$y) == max(history$y)) { # Nothing to fit. m$params <- stan_init() m$params$sigma_obs <- 0. n.iteration <- 1. } else if (m$mcmc.samples > 0) { stan.fit <- rstan::sampling( model, data = dat, init = stan_init, iter = m$mcmc.samples, ... ) m$params <- rstan::extract(stan.fit) n.iteration <- length(m$params$k) } else { stan.fit <- rstan::optimizing( model, data = dat, init = stan_init, iter = 1e4, as_vector = FALSE, ... ) m$params <- stan.fit$par n.iteration <- 1 } # Cast the parameters to have consistent form, whether full bayes or MAP for (name in c('delta', 'beta')){ m$params[[name]] <- matrix(m$params[[name]], nrow = n.iteration) } # rstan::sampling returns 1d arrays; converts to atomic vectors. for (name in c('k', 'm', 'sigma_obs')){ m$params[[name]] <- c(m$params[[name]]) } # If no changepoints were requested, replace delta with 0s if (m$n.changepoints == 0) { # Fold delta into the base rate k m$params$k <- m$params$k + m$params$delta[, 1] m$params$delta <- matrix(rep(0, length(m$params$delta)), nrow = n.iteration) } return(m) } #' Predict using the prophet model. #' #' @param object Prophet object. #' @param df Dataframe with dates for predictions (column ds), and capacity #' (column cap) if logistic growth. If not provided, predictions are made on #' the history. #' @param ... additional arguments. #' #' @return A dataframe with the forecast components. #' #' @examples #' \dontrun{ #' history <- data.frame(ds = seq(as.Date('2015-01-01'), as.Date('2016-01-01'), by = 'd'), #' y = sin(1:366/200) + rnorm(366)/10) #' m <- prophet(history) #' future <- make_future_dataframe(m, periods = 365) #' forecast <- predict(m, future) #' plot(m, forecast) #' } #' #' @export predict.prophet <- function(object, df = NULL, ...) { if (is.null(df)) { df <- object$history } else { if (nrow(df) == 0) { stop("Dataframe has no rows.") } out <- setup_dataframe(object, df) df <- out$df } df$trend <- predict_trend(object, df) seasonal.components <- predict_seasonal_components(object, df) intervals <- predict_uncertainty(object, df) # Drop columns except ds, cap, floor, and trend cols <- c('ds', 'trend') if ('cap' %in% colnames(df)) { cols <- c(cols, 'cap') } if (object$logistic.floor) { cols <- c(cols, 'floor') } df <- df[cols] df <- dplyr::bind_cols(df, seasonal.components, intervals) df$yhat <- df$trend * (1 + df$multiplicative_terms) + df$additive_terms return(df) } #' Evaluate the piecewise linear function. #' #' @param t Vector of times on which the function is evaluated. #' @param deltas Vector of rate changes at each changepoint. #' @param k Float initial rate. #' @param m Float initial offset. #' @param changepoint.ts Vector of changepoint times. #' #' @return Vector y(t). #' #' @keywords internal piecewise_linear <- function(t, deltas, k, m, changepoint.ts) { # Intercept changes gammas <- -changepoint.ts * deltas # Get cumulative slope and intercept at each t k_t <- rep(k, length(t)) m_t <- rep(m, length(t)) for (s in 1:length(changepoint.ts)) { indx <- t >= changepoint.ts[s] k_t[indx] <- k_t[indx] + deltas[s] m_t[indx] <- m_t[indx] + gammas[s] } y <- k_t * t + m_t return(y) } #' Evaluate the piecewise logistic function. #' #' @param t Vector of times on which the function is evaluated. #' @param cap Vector of capacities at each t. #' @param deltas Vector of rate changes at each changepoint. #' @param k Float initial rate. #' @param m Float initial offset. #' @param changepoint.ts Vector of changepoint times. #' #' @return Vector y(t). #' #' @keywords internal piecewise_logistic <- function(t, cap, deltas, k, m, changepoint.ts) { # Compute offset changes k.cum <- c(k, cumsum(deltas) + k) gammas <- rep(0, length(changepoint.ts)) for (i in 1:length(changepoint.ts)) { gammas[i] <- ((changepoint.ts[i] - m - sum(gammas)) * (1 - k.cum[i] / k.cum[i + 1])) } # Get cumulative rate and offset at each t k_t <- rep(k, length(t)) m_t <- rep(m, length(t)) for (s in 1:length(changepoint.ts)) { indx <- t >= changepoint.ts[s] k_t[indx] <- k_t[indx] + deltas[s] m_t[indx] <- m_t[indx] + gammas[s] } y <- cap / (1 + exp(-k_t * (t - m_t))) return(y) } #' Predict trend using the prophet model. #' #' @param model Prophet object. #' @param df Prediction dataframe. #' #' @return Vector with trend on prediction dates. #' #' @keywords internal predict_trend <- function(model, df) { k <- mean(model$params$k, na.rm = TRUE) param.m <- mean(model$params$m, na.rm = TRUE) deltas <- colMeans(model$params$delta, na.rm = TRUE) t <- df$t if (model$growth == 'linear') { trend <- piecewise_linear(t, deltas, k, param.m, model$changepoints.t) } else { cap <- df$cap_scaled trend <- piecewise_logistic( t, cap, deltas, k, param.m, model$changepoints.t) } return(trend * model$y.scale + df$floor) } #' Predict seasonality components, holidays, and added regressors. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param df Prediction dataframe. #' #' @return Dataframe with seasonal components. #' #' @keywords internal predict_seasonal_components <- function(m, df) { out <- make_all_seasonality_features(m, df) m <- out$m seasonal.features <- out$seasonal.features component.cols <- out$component.cols lower.p <- (1 - m$interval.width)/2 upper.p <- (1 + m$interval.width)/2 X <- as.matrix(seasonal.features) component.predictions <- data.frame(matrix(ncol = 0, nrow = nrow(X))) for (component in colnames(component.cols)) { beta.c <- t(m$params$beta) * component.cols[[component]] comp <- X %*% beta.c if (component %in% m$component.modes$additive) { comp <- comp * m$y.scale } component.predictions[[component]] <- rowMeans(comp, na.rm = TRUE) component.predictions[[paste0(component, '_lower')]] <- apply( comp, 1, stats::quantile, lower.p, na.rm = TRUE) component.predictions[[paste0(component, '_upper')]] <- apply( comp, 1, stats::quantile, upper.p, na.rm = TRUE) } return(component.predictions) } #' Prophet posterior predictive samples. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param df Prediction dataframe. #' #' @return List with posterior predictive samples for the forecast yhat and #' for the trend component. #' #' @keywords internal sample_posterior_predictive <- function(m, df) { # Sample trend, seasonality, and yhat from the extrapolation model. n.iterations <- length(m$params$k) samp.per.iter <- max(1, ceiling(m$uncertainty.samples / n.iterations)) nsamp <- n.iterations * samp.per.iter # The actual number of samples out <- make_all_seasonality_features(m, df) seasonal.features <- out$seasonal.features component.cols <- out$component.cols sim.values <- list("trend" = matrix(, nrow = nrow(df), ncol = nsamp), "yhat" = matrix(, nrow = nrow(df), ncol = nsamp)) for (i in 1:n.iterations) { # For each set of parameters from MCMC (or just 1 set for MAP), for (j in 1:samp.per.iter) { # Do a simulation with this set of parameters, sim <- sample_model( m = m, df = df, seasonal.features = seasonal.features, iteration = i, s_a = component.cols$additive_terms, s_m = component.cols$multiplicative_terms ) # Store the results for (key in c("trend", "yhat")) { sim.values[[key]][,(i - 1) * samp.per.iter + j] <- sim[[key]] } } } return(sim.values) } #' Sample from the posterior predictive distribution. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param df Dataframe with dates for predictions (column ds), and capacity #' (column cap) if logistic growth. #' #' @return A list with items "trend" and "yhat" containing #' posterior predictive samples for that component. #' #' @export predictive_samples <- function(m, df) { df <- setup_dataframe(m, df)$df sim.values <- sample_posterior_predictive(m, df) return(sim.values) } #' Prophet uncertainty intervals for yhat and trend #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param df Prediction dataframe. #' #' @return Dataframe with uncertainty intervals. #' #' @keywords internal predict_uncertainty <- function(m, df) { sim.values <- sample_posterior_predictive(m, df) # Add uncertainty estimates lower.p <- (1 - m$interval.width)/2 upper.p <- (1 + m$interval.width)/2 intervals <- cbind( t(apply(t(sim.values$yhat), 2, stats::quantile, c(lower.p, upper.p), na.rm = TRUE)), t(apply(t(sim.values$trend), 2, stats::quantile, c(lower.p, upper.p), na.rm = TRUE)) ) colnames(intervals) <- paste(rep(c('yhat', 'trend'), each=2), c('lower', 'upper'), sep = "_") return(dplyr::as_data_frame(intervals)) } #' Simulate observations from the extrapolated generative model. #' #' @param m Prophet object. #' @param df Prediction dataframe. #' @param seasonal.features Data frame of seasonal features #' @param iteration Int sampling iteration to use parameters from. #' @param s_a Indicator vector for additive components #' @param s_m Indicator vector for multiplicative components #' #' @return List of trend and yhat, each a vector like df$t. #' #' @keywords internal sample_model <- function(m, df, seasonal.features, iteration, s_a, s_m) { trend <- sample_predictive_trend(m, df, iteration) beta <- m$params$beta[iteration,] Xb_a = as.matrix(seasonal.features) %*% (beta * s_a) * m$y.scale Xb_m = as.matrix(seasonal.features) %*% (beta * s_m) sigma <- m$params$sigma_obs[iteration] noise <- stats::rnorm(nrow(df), mean = 0, sd = sigma) * m$y.scale return(list("yhat" = trend * (1 + Xb_m) + Xb_a + noise, "trend" = trend)) } #' Simulate the trend using the extrapolated generative model. #' #' @param model Prophet object. #' @param df Prediction dataframe. #' @param iteration Int sampling iteration to use parameters from. #' #' @return Vector of simulated trend over df$t. #' #' @keywords internal sample_predictive_trend <- function(model, df, iteration) { k <- model$params$k[iteration] param.m <- model$params$m[iteration] deltas <- model$params$delta[iteration,] t <- df$t T <- max(t) # New changepoints from a Poisson process with rate S on [1, T] if (T > 1) { S <- length(model$changepoints.t) n.changes <- stats::rpois(1, S * (T - 1)) } else { n.changes <- 0 } if (n.changes > 0) { changepoint.ts.new <- 1 + stats::runif(n.changes) * (T - 1) changepoint.ts.new <- sort(changepoint.ts.new) } else { changepoint.ts.new <- c() } # Get the empirical scale of the deltas, plus epsilon to avoid NaNs. lambda <- mean(abs(c(deltas))) + 1e-8 # Sample deltas deltas.new <- extraDistr::rlaplace(n.changes, mu = 0, sigma = lambda) # Combine with changepoints from the history changepoint.ts <- c(model$changepoints.t, changepoint.ts.new) deltas <- c(deltas, deltas.new) # Get the corresponding trend if (model$growth == 'linear') { trend <- piecewise_linear(t, deltas, k, param.m, changepoint.ts) } else { cap <- df$cap_scaled trend <- piecewise_logistic(t, cap, deltas, k, param.m, changepoint.ts) } return(trend * model$y.scale + df$floor) } #' Make dataframe with future dates for forecasting. #' #' @param m Prophet model object. #' @param periods Int number of periods to forecast forward. #' @param freq 'day', 'week', 'month', 'quarter', 'year', 1(1 sec), 60(1 minute) or 3600(1 hour). #' @param include_history Boolean to include the historical dates in the data #' frame for predictions. #' #' @return Dataframe that extends forward from the end of m$history for the #' requested number of periods. #' #' @export make_future_dataframe <- function(m, periods, freq = 'day', include_history = TRUE) { # For backwards compatability with previous zoo date type, if (freq == 'm') { freq <- 'month' } if (is.null(m$history.dates)) { stop('Model must be fit before this can be used.') } dates <- seq(max(m$history.dates), length.out = periods + 1, by = freq) dates <- dates[2:(periods + 1)] # Drop the first, which is max(history$ds) if (include_history) { dates <- c(m$history.dates, dates) attr(dates, "tzone") <- "GMT" } return(data.frame(ds = dates)) }