Introduction to Time-Series with Python

This book is about machine learning for time-series with Python, and you can see this chapter as a 101 class for time-series. In this chapter, we'll introduce time-series, the history of research into time-series, and how to use Python for time-series.

We'll start with what a time-series is and its main properties. We'll then look at the history of the study of time-series in different scientific disciplines foundational to the field, such as demography, astronomy, medicine, and economics.

Then, we'll go over the capabilities of Python for time-series and why Python is the go-to language for doing machine learning with time-series. Finally, I will describe how to install the most prominent libraries in Python for time-series analysis and machine learning, and we'll cover the basics of Python as relevant to time-series and machine learning.

We're going to cover the following topics:

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