Provides a hint to the algorithm as to the periodicity of the data. This parameter takes the format of {n , n]}, where the ...

Provides a hint to the algorithm as to the periodicity of the data. This parameter takes the format of {n [, n]}, where the braces, {}, are required and n is any positive number. The n within the brackets, [], is optional, and multiple values can be added to indicate that the data might contain multiple time periods.