XGBoost for Tabular Time Series: A Multi-Stage Framework for Inventory Recovery Forecasting
A new framework utilizes XGBoost for tabular time series forecasting, specifically addressing inventory recovery predictions. The approach employs a multi-stage pipeline to handle complex target distributions, such as zero-inflated and bounded data, which are common in inventory management. This method involves explicit feature engineering to imbue XGBoost with temporal awareness, as the model itself does not inherently process sequential data. AI
