Functions

• The algorithm provides SYMBOLIC identification of each instant , past or future, and makes use of the knowledge of the environment provided by the user.
• Symbolic forecasting makes extraordinary use of SEASONAL OR PERIODIC BEHAVIOUR PATTERNS, and provides a future projection of the behaviour of previous instants which are symbolically similar.
• The system allows the user to FILTER INFORMATION, the extraordinary nature of which may distort the forecast.

Technical Characteristics

• Algorithmic core written in C
• Bookshop facility, operatable using a number of programming languages (C/C++, Visual Basic) in a Windows? system in DLL format. Possibility of compilation for UNIX, LINUX.
• Includes a JNI layer (Java Native Interface) to allow the system to be used with Java.
• Interface consisting of a small set of functions which allow background and contextual information to be entered for the series to be forecasted, and the results of forecasting to be obtained.
• Simple integration in Web applications, servlets etc.