every time i try to run HoltWinters i get this error message:> HoltWinters(z, seasonal="additive")Error in decompose(ts(x[1:wind], start = start(x), frequency = f), seasonal) : time series has no or less than 3 periods what's going on? somebody please help me. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/need-help-please-%28HoltWinters-function%29-tp19484728p19484728.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
rkevinburton at charter.net
2008-Sep-15 14:36 UTC
[R] need help please (HoltWinters function)
Does anyone have perhaps a PDF version of the two papers written about this algorithm? I would like to avoid a trip to the library. Thank you. Kevin ---- jeff_lc <jeffersonjeff at gmail.com> wrote:> > every time i try to run HoltWinters i get this error message: > > > HoltWinters(z, seasonal="additive") > Error in decompose(ts(x[1:wind], start = start(x), frequency = f), seasonal) > : > time series has no or less than 3 periods > > what's going on? somebody please help me. > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/need-help-please-%28HoltWinters-function%29-tp19484728p19484728.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.