statsmodels.tsa.forecasting.stl.STLForecastResults.forecast

STLForecastResults.forecast(steps=1, **kwargs)[source]

Out-of-sample forecasts

Parameters:
stepsint, str, or datetime, optional

If an integer, the number of steps to forecast from the end of the sample. Can also be a date string to parse or a datetime type. However, if the dates index does not have a fixed frequency, steps must be an integer. Default

**kwargs

Additional arguments may required for forecasting beyond the end of the sample. These arguments are passed into the time series model results’ forecast method.

Returns:
forecast{ndarray, Series}

Out of sample forecasts