Prophet Service

A companion service that provides time-series forecasting for Tractor-Beam using Facebook's Prophet library.

Features

• Demand forecasting with external regressors (MTI, inflation)
• Supplier performance prediction (quality ratings and lead time reliability)
• Visualization of forecasts with confidence intervals

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Set up a Python virtual environment:

   python -m venv venv
   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Start the service:

python app.py

The service will try to run on port 5001, with fallbacks to 5002 and 5000 if needed.

API Endpoints

• POST /predict/demand - Generate demand forecasts
• POST /predict/supplier-performance - Predict supplier performance metrics

See the API documentation for request/response formats and examples.