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Explicit US control, additive ​

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The same rows, occurrences, priors, mode and fitted names as the corresponding country case, but all dates are explicit events and no country snapshot is embedded.

Input ​

benchmark/inputs/v5/country-basic-96.json: 96 history rows and 4 forecast rows.

Output ​

Largest difference: 6.8e-12 (< 0.0001% of the input's range).

Every forecast row from both libraries.

DateEffect ProphetPython ProphetDifference
2024-12-2520.119820.11986.8e-12
2025-01-0123.157723.15776.0e-12
2025-01-0220.123220.12326.8e-12
2025-01-0521.568821.56885.7e-12

Timing ​

Median of all measured repetitions.

StepEffect ProphetPython ProphetEffect Prophet is
Convert input rows13 µs493 µs39× faster
Fit4.55 ms18.8 ms4.1× faster
Predict190 µs4.80 ms25× faster
Fit and predict3.97 ms22.4 ms5.6× faster
Convert, fit and predict3.80 ms22.8 ms6.0× faster
First forecast in a new process175 ms1.51 s8.7× faster
Save model to JSON25 µs709 µs29× faster
Load model from JSON395 µs4.16 ms11× faster
Load and predict in a new process156 ms1.48 s9.5× faster

Settings ​

The case declaration both libraries ran.

json
{
  "kind": "map",
  "comparison": {
    "kind": "equivalent-objective",
    "evidenceId": "country-calendar-public-v1"
  },
  "configuration": {
    "growth": "linear",
    "scaling": "absmax",
    "seasonalityMode": "additive",
    "holidaysMode": "additive",
    "changepoints": {
      "mode": "auto",
      "count": 2,
      "range": 0.8
    },
    "changepointPriorScale": 0.05,
    "seasonalities": [],
    "events": [
      {
        "name": "launch",
        "date": "2024-01-01",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "launch",
        "date": "2024-01-05",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "launch",
        "date": "2025-01-01",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "launch",
        "date": "2025-01-05",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "New Year's Day",
        "date": "2024-01-01",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day",
        "date": "2024-01-15",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Washington's Birthday",
        "date": "2024-02-19",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Memorial Day",
        "date": "2024-05-27",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Juneteenth National Independence Day",
        "date": "2024-06-19",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Independence Day",
        "date": "2024-07-04",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Labor Day",
        "date": "2024-09-02",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Columbus Day",
        "date": "2024-10-14",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Veterans Day",
        "date": "2024-11-11",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Thanksgiving Day",
        "date": "2024-11-28",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Christmas Day",
        "date": "2024-12-25",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "New Year's Day",
        "date": "2025-01-01",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day",
        "date": "2025-01-20",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Washington's Birthday",
        "date": "2025-02-17",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Memorial Day",
        "date": "2025-05-26",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Juneteenth National Independence Day",
        "date": "2025-06-19",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Independence Day",
        "date": "2025-07-04",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Labor Day",
        "date": "2025-09-01",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Columbus Day",
        "date": "2025-10-13",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Veterans Day",
        "date": "2025-11-11",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Thanksgiving Day",
        "date": "2025-11-27",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "Christmas Day",
        "date": "2025-12-25",
        "lowerWindowDays": 0,
        "upperWindowDays": 0,
        "priorScale": 10
      }
    ],
    "regressors": []
  },
  "effectOptimizer": {
    "algorithm": "auto",
    "maxIterations": 10000,
    "fallback": "newton",
    "lbfgs": {
      "historySize": 5,
      "initAlpha": 0.001,
      "tolObj": 1e-12,
      "tolRelObj": 10000,
      "tolGrad": 1e-8,
      "tolRelGrad": 10000000,
      "tolParam": 1e-8
    }
  },
  "pythonOptimizer": {
    "algorithm": "Auto",
    "maxIterations": 10000,
    "newtonFallback": true,
    "sigFigs": 12
  }
}

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