SBA Demand Estimate

Problem

Compute the Syntetos-Boylan approximation to intermittent demand: (1 - alpha / 2) * size / interval.

Return 0.0 when the interval is not positive.

Hint

SBA is Croston divided by the interval with a bias-correction factor (1 - alpha / 2).

case 1

in: [5,2,0.2]

expected: 2.25

case 2

in: [10,4,0.5]

expected: 1.875

case 3

in: [3,0,0.1]

expected: 0

case 4

in: [2,1,1]

expected: 1

Starter codePython

def sba_demand_estimate(size, interval, alpha):
    # Your code here
    pass

4 test cases · run your code against them in the editor