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How do machine learning and predictive analytics enhance forecasting?

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Machine learning can detect complex, non-linear patterns and interactions across many variables, incorporate external data (weather, web signals), and continuously learn, often improving accuracy over traditional statistical models for large, data-rich problems. They require good data, validation, and interpretability, and complement rather than fully replace human judgment.
Real-world example An ML demand model ingests weather and promotion data to sharpen the sales forecast.

Common follow-ups: What can ML capture that classical models can't? | What are its requirements?

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