# Gentle Introduction to Forecasting with Modeltime [Video Tutorial]

Written by Matt Dancho on June 29, 2021

A gentle introduction to our forecasting package, modeltime. Modeltime extends the Tidymodels ecosystem for time series forecasting. Learn how to forecast with ARIMA, Prophet, and linear regression time series models in this short video tutorial.

Here are the links to get set up. 👇

# Modeltime Video TutorialLearn how to forecast with Modeltime in under 10-minutes.

Learn how to use modeltime in our 10-minute YouTube video tutorial.

# Get the Code

The video tutorial comes with 100-lines of code that takes you step-by-step through a introductory forecasting with:

• Auto ARIMA: An automatic forecasting algorithm that ships with modeltime.

• Prophet: A forecasting algorithm made by Facebook that works well with daily data (and also ships with modeltime).

• Linear Regression (Penalized): A machine learning approach to time series forecasting that is made available with tidymodels.

# It gets betterYou’ve just scratched the surface, here’s what’s coming…

The Modeltime Ecosystem functionality is much more feature-rich than what we’ve covered here (I couldn’t possibly cover everything in this post). 😀

Here’s what I didn’t cover:

• Feature Engineering: We can make this forecast much more accurate by including features from competition-winning strategies

• Ensemble Modeling: We can stack H2O Models with other models not included in H2O like GluonTS Deep Learning.

• Deep Learning: We can use GluonTS Deep Learning for developing high-performance, scalable forecasts.

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# Project Roadmap, Future Work, and Contributing to Modeltime

Modeltime is a growing ecosystem of packages that work together for forecasting and time series analysis. Here are several useful links:

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