Forecast Domain Class
General Description
A Forecast represents an estimate of the demand/supply on a certain point in the future.
The point in time is represented by a product for the specified timeslot.
The forecastValue is more precise the closer the estimated point in time is.
Forecast Properties
A Forecast
domain class possesses the following properties:Long serverId
Competition competition
Product product
Date competitionTime
Double forecastValue
Property Descriptions
- serverId: unique identifier of the entity assigned by the server
- competition: associates the Forecast with a certain competition instance
- product: timeslot for which the demand/supply is estimated
- competitionTime: date/time when the estimation was made; the closer competitionTime and time of the product get the better is the estimation of the forecastValue
- forecastValue: size of the estimated demand/supply