Facebook Prophet, Covid and why I don’t trust the Prophet

Opinion

Facebook Prophet is highly popular for time-series forecasting. Let me show you why I am not a big fan and what else you can use.

Introduction

Facebook Prophet is arguably one of the most widely known tools for time-series forecasting and related tasks. Ask any data scientist who works with time-series data if they know Prophet and the answer is likely either a yes or an annoyed yes.

After all, Facebook Prophet has …

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