Summary
We touched upon a particular aspect of forecasting that is highly relevant for real-world use cases, but rarely talked about and studied. We saw why we needed multi-step forecasting and then went on to review a few popular strategies we can use. We understood the popular and fundamental strategies such as direct, recursive, and joint, and then went on to look at a few hybrid strategies such as DirRec, rectify, and so on. To top it off, we looked at the merits and demerits of these strategies and discussed a few guidelines for selecting the right strategy for your problem.
In the next chapter, we will be looking at another important aspect of forecasting – evaluation.