The Specialties of a Machine Learning Workflow in Weather Domain

When we model the weather situation, there are some differences from the common workflow. In machine learning workflow, here is the general processes: To collect historical data and validation data, create the architecture of the model, train the model, evaluation and improvement, and deploy to an operational application. Due to the specialty of the weather…

Weather Factors Impact on Online Sales

The impact of weather factors to brick-and-mortar stores is obvious. Rainy day is inconvenient, hot day is uncomfortable, and snowy day is dangerous, so people rather stay home instead of go out for shopping. If people stay home, does online shopping become more? Does the weather affect online business? This post summarizes the weather impact…

Two Types of Weather Indexes for Business Performance

In order to deduce the relationship between weather and business performance, I am researching different literatures to find the solutions being used. Here are two types of solutions to present the relationship: (1) Identify the current weather pattern to explain the relationship to the business and (2) develop a regression model to include dependent variables…

Weather Forecasting Model Evaluation Processes

After we develop a weather forecasting model, we need to evaluate the performance of the model to know if it’s fulfill our needs. In this article, I discuss the processes to evaluate a weather forecasting model. Step 1. Know our requirement As Gordon reported in 2000, we need to know what’s we are trying to…

Literature Review for Weather Impact on Apparel Sector

When we wake up, we need make a decision based on the weather: what should I wear for today? Should I purchase a new clothes for my comfort in the coming season? The weather status affects our purchasing decision obviously. The following is a review for the following article, which discusses about the relationship between…