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About: Prophet is a tool for producing high quality forecasts for time series data that has multiple seasonality with linear or non-linear growth.

README.md  (prophet-0.7)	:	README.md  (prophet-1.0)
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- Implementation of Prophet in R: https://cran.r-project.org/package=prophet		- Implementation of Prophet in R: https://cran.r-project.org/package=prophet
## Other forecasting packages		## Other forecasting packages
- Rob Hyndman's [forecast package](http://robjhyndman.com/software/forecast/)		- Rob Hyndman's [forecast package](http://robjhyndman.com/software/forecast/)
- [Statsmodels](http://statsmodels.sourceforge.net/)		- [Statsmodels](http://statsmodels.sourceforge.net/)
## Installation		## Installation
```shell		```shell
pip install fbprophet		pip install prophet
```		```
Note: Installation requires PyStan, which has its [own installation instruction s](http://pystan.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation_beginner.html).		Note: Installation requires PyStan, which has its [own installation instruction s](http://pystan.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation_beginner.html).
On Windows, PyStan requires a compiler so you'll need to [follow the instruction s](http://pystan.readthedocs.io/en/latest/windows.html).		On Windows, PyStan requires a compiler so you'll need to [follow the instruction s](http://pystan.readthedocs.io/en/latest/windows.html).
The key step is installing a recent [C++ compiler](https://visualstudio.microso ft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/)		The key step is installing a recent [C++ compiler](https://visualstudio.microso ft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/)
## Installation using Docker and docker-compose (via Makefile)		## Installation using Docker and docker-compose (via Makefile)
Simply type `make build` and if everything is fine you should be able to `make s hell` or alternative jump directly to `make py-shell`.		Simply type `make build` and if everything is fine you should be able to `make s hell` or alternative jump directly to `make py-shell`.
To run the tests, inside the container `cd python/fbprophet` and then `python -m unittest`		To run the tests, inside the container `cd python/prophet` and then `python -m u nittest`
### Example usage		### Example usage
```python		```python
>>> from fbprophet import Prophet		>>> from prophet import Prophet
>>> m = Prophet()		>>> m = Prophet()
>>> m.fit(df) # df is a pandas.DataFrame with 'y' and 'ds' columns		>>> m.fit(df) # df is a pandas.DataFrame with 'y' and 'ds' columns
>>> future = m.make_future_dataframe(periods=365)		>>> future = m.make_future_dataframe(periods=365)
>>> m.predict(future)		>>> m.predict(future)
```		```
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