load_PBS_dataset

load_PBS_dataset(return_array=True)

Load the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme univariate time series dataset [1].

Parameters:

return_arraybool, default=True

return series as an np.ndarray if True, else as a pd.Series.

Returns:

np.ndarray or pd.Series

PBS time series

Notes

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is the Australian government drugs subsidy scheme. Data comprises of the numbers of scripts sold each month for immune sera and immunoglobulin products in Australia.

Dimensionality: univariate Series length: 204 Frequency: Monthly Number of cases: 1

The time series is intermittent, i.e contains small counts, with many months registering no sales at all, and only small numbers of items sold in other months.

References

[1]

Data for “Forecasting: Principles and Practice” (3rd Edition)

Examples

>>> from aeon.datasets import load_PBS_dataset
>>> y = load_PBS_dataset()