Time series
A time series is a dataset in which the first field (the independent variable) is time. In terms of data structures, we can think of it as a map—a set of key-value pairs, where the key is time and the value represents an event that occurred at that time. Usually, the main idea is of a sequence of snapshots of some object changing with time.
Some of the earliest datasets were time series. Figure 3-10 shows a page of Galileo's 1610 notebook, where he recorded his observations of the moons of Jupiter. This is time series data: the time is written on the left, and the changing object is Galileo's sketch of the positions of the moons relative to the planet.
Figure 3-10. Galileo's notes
More modern examples of time series include biometric, ...
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