{
  "model_type": "GradientBoostingRegressor",
  "feature_columns": [
    "is_ramadan",
    "ramadan_week",
    "days_to_eid",
    "is_eid_fitr",
    "is_eid_adha",
    "is_hajj_season",
    "country_encoded",
    "category_encoded",
    "temperature",
    "day_of_week",
    "month",
    "hijri_month",
    "hijri_day"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "Bahrain",
    "KSA",
    "Kuwait",
    "Oman",
    "Qatar",
    "UAE"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "dates_sweets",
    "electronics",
    "fashion_abayas",
    "gifts",
    "groceries",
    "perfumes_oud"
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "mse": 24.44782802085175,
    "rmse": 4.944474493902436,
    "mae": 3.8228789470187383,
    "r2_score": 0.905699037541998
  },
  "description": "GCC Ramadan Retail Demand Forecasting Model",
  "input_features": {
    "is_ramadan": "Boolean (0/1) - Whether it is Ramadan",
    "ramadan_week": "Integer (0-5) - Week of Ramadan (0 if not Ramadan)",
    "days_to_eid": "Integer (-1 to 30) - Days until Eid (-1 if not applicable)",
    "is_eid_fitr": "Boolean (0/1) - Whether it is Eid al-Fitr",
    "is_eid_adha": "Boolean (0/1) - Whether it is Eid al-Adha",
    "is_hajj_season": "Boolean (0/1) - Whether it is Hajj season",
    "country": "String - One of: UAE, KSA, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman",
    "category": "String - Product category",
    "temperature": "Float - Temperature in Celsius",
    "day_of_week": "Integer (0-6) - Day of week",
    "month": "Integer (1-12) - Gregorian month",
    "hijri_month": "Integer (1-12) - Hijri month",
    "hijri_day": "Integer (1-30) - Hijri day"
  },
  "version": "2.1.0",
  "output": "demand_index - Predicted retail demand index",
  "changelog": {
    "2.1.0": "Retrained with Hijri features and temporal split. R2=0.906 (honest). days_to_eid=29% importance.",
    "2.0.0": "Initial deploy. Random split inflated R2 to 0.992. Missing Hijri features."
  }
}