>Assuming a range of dates, such as:
>
>9/26/2000
>2/13/2001
>9/11/2001
>2/12/2002
>9/16/2002
>2/3/2003
>2/4/2003
>9/29/2003
>9/30/2003
>2/24/2004
>2/25/2004
>6/7/2004
>6/8/2004
>10/4/2004
>10/5/2004
>12/22/2004
>2/15/2005
>2/16/2005
>
>Anyone have an algorithym that might predict future recurring events?
Oh, so you give us a RANGE of dates, and ask us to PREDICT THE FUTURE?? Not asking for much, are you? Now, if you'd given us a DATE SERIES and asked us to EXTRAPOLATE we might have been able to do something ;)
All kidding aside, it doesn't look very predictable:
Date Days Since Last One
20000926 N/A
20010213 140
20010911 210
20020212 154
20020916 216
20030203 140
20030204 1
20030929 237
20030930 1
20040224 147
20040225 1
20040607 103
20040608 1
20041004 118
20041005 1
20041222 78
20050215 55
20050216 1
No doubt you could run a best-fit least-squares line through this, FWIW. You might also be able to calculate the chance of the next event happening the very next day (again, FWIW).
Regards. Al
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