Table 1.

Selected input variables (features) considered in the regular-features algorithm

Description	Symbol	Range	Type
Season	s	[1, 2, 3, 4]	Numerical
Month	m	[1–12]	Numerical
Day of month	dm	[1–30]	Numerical
Day of year	dy	[1–365]	Numerical
Day of week	dw	[1–7]	Numerical
Special day	sd	{yes, no}	Categorical
Holiday	hd	{yes, no}	Categorical
Weekend	wd	{yes, no}	Categorical
The next 3 days includes special day or holiday	nx	{yes, no}	Categorical
Tomorrow is a special day or holiday	tm	{yes, no}	Categorical
Weekend is a special day or holiday	wh	{yes, no}	Categorical
Number of consecutive holidays ahead	ah	[1–5]	Numerical