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+import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
+from . import SignalDecomposition_AR as tsar
+from . import Utils as tsutil
+
+import sys
+
+
+def is_signal_intermittent(iSeries, iOptions):
+    series = iSeries - iSeries.min()
+    zero_values = series[abs(series) < 1e-8]
+    lZeroRate = zero_values.shape[0] / series.shape[0]
+    if(lZeroRate > iOptions.mCrostonOptions.mZeroRate):
+        return True
+    return False
+    
+
+class cCroston_Model(tsar.cAbstractAR):
+    def __init__(self , cycle_residue_name, P , iExogenousInfo = None):
+        super().__init__(cycle_residue_name, iExogenousInfo)
+        self.mNbLags = 1
+
+    def dumpCoefficients(self, iMax=10):
+        # print(self.mScikitModel.__dict__);
+        pass
+
+    def set_name(self):
+        self.mOutName = self.mCycleResidueName +  '_CROSTON(' + str(self.mOptions.mCrostonOptions.mAlpha) + ')';
+        self.mFormula = "CROSTON"
+
+    def get_coeff(self, alpha , croston_type):
+        if(croston_type == "SBA"):
+            return 1.0-(alpha/2.0)
+        elif(croston_type == "SBJ"):
+            return (1.0 - alpha/(2.0-alpha))
+        # default : any other value is the legacy croston method
+        return 1.0
+
+    def croston(self, df):
+        # print(df.shape)
+        # print(df.columns)
+        # print(df[['Date', 'Signal', '_Signal', 'row_number', '_Signal_ConstantTrend_residue_zeroCycle_residue']].tail(12))
+        alpha =  self.mOptions.mCrostonOptions.mAlpha
+        method = self.mOptions.mCrostonOptions.mMethod
+        lCounts_df = df[[self.mTime, self.mCycleResidueName]]
+        counts = lCounts_df[self.mCycleResidueName] - self.mOffset
+        counts = counts[:365]
+        # print(counts)
+        # assert(not np.isnan(counts[:-1]).any())
+        #  q is often called the “demand” and a the “inter-arrival time”.
+        q = counts[abs(counts) > 1e-8]
+        demand_times = pd.Series(list(q.index)) + 1
+        a = demand_times - demand_times.shift(1).fillna(0.0)
+        df2 = pd.DataFrame({'demand_time' : list(demand_times), 'q' : list(q) , 'a' : list(a) })
+
+        df2['q_est'] = None
+        df2['a_est'] = None
+        
+        # initialization : first values
+        df2.loc[0 , 'q_est'] = df2['q'][0]
+        df2.loc[0,  'a_est'] = df2['a'][0]
+        for i in range(df2.shape[0] - 1):
+            q1 = (1.0 - alpha) * df2['q_est'][ i ] + alpha * df2['q'][ i ]
+            a1 = (1.0 - alpha) * df2['a_est'][ i ] + alpha * df2['a'][ i ]
+            df2.loc[i + 1, 'q_est'] = q1
+            df2.loc[i + 1, 'a_est'] = a1
+
+        df2['forecast'] = self.get_coeff(alpha , method) * df2['q_est'] / df2['a_est']
+        df2['index'] = df2['demand_time'] - 1
+
+        df1 = lCounts_df.reset_index()
+        df3 = df1.merge(df2 , how='left', on=('index' , 'index'))
+        df4 = df3.fillna(method='ffill')
+        df4['forecast'] = df4['forecast'] + self.mOffset
+        return df4
+        
+    def fit(self):
+        #  print("ESTIMATE_CROSTON_MODEL_START" , self.mCycleResidueName);
+
+        self.set_name();
+        
+        series = self.mCycleResidueName; 
+        self.mTime = self.mTimeInfo.mTime;
+        self.mSignal = self.mTimeInfo.mSignal;
+        self.mOffset = self.mARFrame[self.mCycleResidueName].min()
+        self.mFeatureSelector =  None;
+        self.mInputNamesAfterSelection = self.mInputNames;
+        self.mComplexity = 2
+
+        lPredicted = self.croston(self.mARFrame);
+        self.mARFrame[self.mOutName] = lPredicted['forecast']
+        self.mARFrame[self.mOutName + '_residue'] =  self.mARFrame[series] - self.mARFrame[self.mOutName]
+
+        # print("ESTIMATE_CROSTON_MODEL_END" , self.mOutName);
+
+
+    def transformDataset(self, df):
+        series = self.mCycleResidueName;
+        pred = self.croston(df)
+        df[self.mOutName] = pred['forecast'];
+        target = df[series].values
+        df[self.mOutName + '_residue'] = target - df[self.mOutName].values        
+        return df;
+