Applications and problems

Forecasting with public data

A useful forecast must be comparable with what happened afterwards. These workflows therefore distinguish the data available at prediction time, the baseline, the horizon and the error once the outcome matures.

What matters

The problem comes before the model.

  • Point-in-time vintages and prevention of look-ahead bias.
  • Comparison with simple baselines before assigning value to more complex models.
  • Intervals, probabilities and prospective error tracking rather than retrospective charts alone.

Lab Intelligence approach

Sources, assumptions, checks, versions, metrics and limitations remain visible. A more complex technique is used only when it adds value over an understandable baseline.

How the method works →

Related workflows

Examples already documented.

These pages describe implementations or experiments from the laboratory; they do not imply that the same result transfers automatically to another context.

WF-9

World Economy Engine

Integrates macro and market data into a Global Economy Pulse, time-causal regimes, a structural graph, scenarios and forecasts with prequential selection, benchmarks and uncertainty intervals.

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WF-2

The New Margin

Measures the 3-2-1 crack spread, produces multi-horizon forecasts and preserves a mature-error track record.

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WF-3

Market Overview

Condenses cross-asset signals into regime, forecast, anomalies and a risk-on/risk-off view while keeping uncertainty visible.

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WF-13

Italy Variable Renewable Forecast

Forecasts the Europe/Rome D+1 civil day for solar, wind and total VRE, normalising by capacity and archiving point-in-time vintages.

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WF-7

Etna Forecast

24-hour and 5-day probabilistic nowcasting with public multimodal data, strong baselines, a modality gate and declared degradation.

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WF-17

Etna Fusion Lab

Fuses tremor, seismicity, thermal signals and event history with quality-adjusted weights; separates the 1h/6h Activity Nowcast from the 1d/5d VONA ash-positive forecast and keeps a prospectively verifiable ledger.

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WF-1

Weather automation

Turns public weather forecasts into an educational, readable and quality-controlled multi-city index.

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WF-20

The Public Service Run

Educational workflow that compares traffic-aware routes and departure windows for public-service commuting scenarios, combining routing, weather, historical calibration, Random Forest after warm-up and P10/P50/P90 uncertainty.

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