Summary

In this chapter, we've introduced time-series, the history of research into time-series, and Python for time-series.

We started with a definition of time-series and its main properties. We then looked at the history of the study of time-series in different scientific disciplines, such as demography and genetics, astronomy, economics, meteorology, medicine, and applied statistics.

Then, we went over the capabilities of Python for time-series and why Python is the go-to language for doing machine learning with time-series. Finally, I described how to install and use Python for time-series analysis and machine learning, and we covered some of the basics of Python as relevant to time-series and machine learning.

In the next chapter, we'll look at time-series analysis with Python.