Using Association Rules to predict future sales (income)

Helder Borges

Hi.

I have 7 time series, 1 with historical sales and 6 with historical variables.

I want to make prediction of future sales.

I already used Time Series algorithms.

Now, i would like to use an Association Rules algorithm that could let me predict future sales, so i could compare both.

Since AR works like if x then y, i wanted to know if its possible to use AR for this tasks with the idea "if past sales then future sales".

Can someone help me, telling if it is possible, and if yes, giving me some hints?

Best Regards,
Helder Borges

editor

Association Rules algorithms are not very suitable for predicting sales, since sales usually have historic, seasonal, and trend components, and association rules are not good at finding trends in series.

Helder Borges · Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:22 am Post subject:

Ok.
Thank you.
One more question.
Would it be possible to predict the future sales values with neural networks or/and SVM?

Best Regards
Helder Borges

editor · Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 8:06 pm Post subject: Predicting future sales values

yes, there is huge work on predicting time series values and lots of textbooks and courses. Neural networks and other special methods will work well.

Helder Borges · Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:17 am Post subject:

Thank you for the help.

Best Regards.

Helder Borges