Re: Module submission DateTime::Event::Predict

Bobby,

I'm still not 100% on what method(s) I'm going to need to use. It
might end up being the case that a lot of tuning is needed to make
predictions usable. At the very least it should be able to note
regularities and flag them.

Right now this is just something that I need, and thought it would be
useful to others if it works.

Thanks,

Brian

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Metz, Bobby
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Brian,
>        How are you planning to tackle the prediction piece?  Have any
> particular algorithm in mind?  I started speculating after reading your
> e-mail, but nothing concrete jumped out at me.  I thought that a purely
> numerical date representation would work...using some type of standard
> regression for prediction...with conversion from/to DateTime objects
> simply for display.  Of course that now seems impractical to me since
> timezones and daylight savings irregularities would screw that up in my
> mind.
>
> B
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian Hann [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 5:40 PM
>> To: Steffen Mueller
>> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Module submission DateTime::Event::Predict
>>
>> I thought maybe since I would be working with DateTime objects that
>> would be the best fit.
>>
>> If that's not the case then I'm completely open to suggestions.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Steffen Mueller
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Hi Brian, hi DateTime people,
>> >
>> > Perl Authors Upload Server wrote:
>> >> The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
>> >>
>> >>   modid:       DateTime::Event::Predict
>> >>   description: Predict next date from a set of dates
>> > [...]
>> >>     This module would take a set of dates (probably DateTime
> objects)
>> >>     and find trends in recurrence ('every Thursday', 'every weekend
>> >>     day', 'every other week', 'once a month', etc) and also provide
>> >>     predictions for the next date most likely to follow the set.
>> >>
>> >>     If workable I would think this would have any number of
>> >>     applications.
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > I asked Dave Rolsky about this. He requested that for namespaces in
> the
>> > DateTime::* family, you should please clear your request with the
>> > DateTime folks via their mailing list which I'm CCing.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Steffen, for the PAUSE admins
>> >
>