data: Time series dataset. Each column is a series. Alternatively this can be a single series.
type: Type of categorisation: 1. "SBC" - Syntetos Boylan Croston; 2. "KH" - Kostenko Hyndman (exact*); 3. "KHa" - Kostenko Hyndman (approximate); 4. "PK" - Petropoulos Kourentzes (exact*); 5. "PKa" - Petropoulos Kourentzes (approximate). *These are computationally expensive, as SBA is optimised for each time series.
a.in: Vector of SBA demand interval smoothing parameters. This must be same length as number of series. This is used for categorisations "KH" and "PK". If a.in == NULL then the parameters are calculated internally using MAR as a cost function.
outplot: Plot results of categorisation: 1. "summary" - simlified plot that reports number of series in each class and cut-off points; 2. "detail" - scatterplot between average interdemand interval (p) and squared coefficient of variation of non-zero demand (CV^2). Series that are categorised for SBA or SES are plotted in shaded areas; 3. "none" - do not produce plot.
plot.focus: Only relevant to outplot == "detail". Can be used to specify the maximum p and CV^2 to plot, so that the scatterplot can be focused on the separation area between the categories. Use vector of two elements. First one is max p and second one is max CV^2. Example: plot.focus=c(1.5,1.5). If NULL then maximums are defined from the dataset.
Returns
idx.croston: Index of series that are categorised under Croston.
idx.sba: Index of series that are categorised under SBA.
idx.ses: Index of series that are categorised under SES. Provided only for "PK" and "PKa" types.
cv2: Coefficient of variation squared of non-zero demand.
p: Inter-demand interval.
summary: Summary of number of series under each category.
Optimisation of the methods described in: N. Kourentzes, 2014, On intermittent demand model optimisation and selection, International Journal of Production Economics, 156: 180-190. tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.06.007") .