How I Built a Multi-Agent System for Interrupted Time Series Analysis (ITSA)
Agentic AIHow I Built a Multi-Agent System for Interrupted Time Series Analysis (ITSA)What it takes to turn counterfactual analysis into an AI productUbaldo HervasSeptember 17, 202620 min readImage by authorSimulated daily orders climb steadily from about 100 to 140 over 130 days. A new checkout ships on day 80, but the series shows no break: the upward trend simply continues. Comparing the pre-period average (days 40–80) with the post-period average (days 80–120) suggests a +10% lift that the checkout didn't cause; the pre-existing trend did.
- ▪Agentic AIHow I Built a Multi-Agent System for Interrupted Time Series Analysis (ITSA)What it takes to turn counterfactual analysis into an AI productUbaldo HervasSeptember 17, 202620 min readImage by authorSimulated daily orders climb stea
- ▪A new checkout ships on day 80, but the series shows no break: the upward trend simply continues.
- ▪Comparing the pre-period average (days 40–80) with the post-period average (days 80–120) suggests a +10% lift that the checkout didn't cause; the pre-existing trend did.
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Agentic AIHow I Built a Multi-Agent System for Interrupted Time Series Analysis (ITSA)What it takes to turn counterfactual analysis into an AI productUbaldo HervasSeptember 17, 202620 min readImage by authorSimulated daily orders climb steadily from about 100 to 140 over 130 days. A new checkout ships on day 80, but the series shows no break: the upward trend simply continues. Comparing the pre-period average (days 40–80) with the post-period average (days 80–120) suggests a +10% lift that the checkout didn't cause; the pre-existing trend did.
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