DATA MINING
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Others |
Nursery.
Human Resources
Road building and conreting
Spraying weeds
Cycling to work or going by car and parking fees.
Transport: planning for weather events
Affect on bus timetables.
Impact on taxis
Other target - there will be rain for the next N days.
Sewerage
Cloud Cover and UV affects communications
Tourism planning
Wedding Photography
Major issue
- does today's weather affect tomorrow's likelihood of rain
``Monthly fluctuations in consumer spending are often attributed to the weather. This paper presents a model in which weather affects the productivity of time in nonmarket activities (such as shopping or recreation), and so, via time and budget constraints, may induce substitution in spending across goods and over time. Using monthly data on retail sales and weather data from the National Weather Service, I find that unusual weather has a modest but significant role in explaining monthly sales fluctuations. However, lagged effects often offset original effects, so that weather's influence tends to wash out at a quarterly frequency.''
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