sktime.datasets.base.load_lynx

sktime.datasets.base.load_lynx()[source]

Load the lynx univariate time series dataset for forecasting.

Returns

  • y (pandas Series/DataFrame) – Lynx sales dataset

  • Details

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  • The annual numbers of lynx trappings for 1821–1934 in Canada. This

  • time-series records the number of skins of

  • predators (lynx) that were collected over several years by the Hudson’s

  • Bay Company. The dataset was

  • taken from Brockwell & Davis (1991) and appears to be the series

  • considered by Campbell & Walker (1977).

  • Dimensionality (univariate)

  • Series length (114)

  • Frequency (Yearly)

  • Number of cases (1)

Notes

This data shows aperiodic, cyclical patterns, as opposed to periodic, seasonal patterns.

References

1

Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988). The New S

Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

2

Campbell, M. J. and Walker, A. M. (1977). A Survey of statistical

work on the Mackenzie River series of annual Canadian lynx trappings for the years 1821–1934 and a new analysis. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society series A, 140, 411–431.