Time series decomposition is based on the idea that time series can be broken down into four fundamental components: trend, seasonality, cyclical patterns, and random variations.
Classical decomposition provides valuable insights, but modern techniques like the STL method offer more flexibility and robustness in handling seasonal components.
Decomposition results provide actionable insights about trend direction, trend strength, seasonal amplitude, and residual variance.
Seasonal and trend decomposition methods are essential for understanding time series data and can inform forecasting, anomaly detection, and pattern analysis.