On the seasonablity example, we have currently only one model in production that is built using predictive modeling and that explicitly takes seasonality into account. Slide #10 mentions it - left column, item #4.
We use the following techniques to minimize the deterioration of models in production.
We use lambda architecture at Indix and our batch pipelines usually run every week. Lets assume we built a classifier model on Day 1. These pipelines use a prediction cache so that we can reuse the scoring output for already seen data. I did not mention this in my talk but for the deployment in batch mode, the prediction cache, we call it IB (information base) internally, is an artifact in addition to the model container. Now lets assume the batch pipelines runs on Day 1, Day 8, Day 15 etc. and the model and prediction cache being used is from Day 1. For every run we monitor the number of predictions that did not come from the cache. If that n