Plots forecasts with the estimated model

        Parameters
        ----------
        h : int (default : 5)
            How many steps ahead would you like to forecast?

        past_values : int (default : 20)
            How many past observations to show on the forecast graph?

        intervals : boolean
            Would you like to show prediction intervals for the forecast?

        Returns
        ----------
        - Plot of the forecast

def plot_predict(self, h=5, past_values=20, intervals=True, **kwargs):
        """ Plots forecasts with the estimated model

        Parameters
        ----------
        h : int (default : 5)
            How many steps ahead would you like to forecast?

        past_values : int (default : 20)
            How many past observations to show on the forecast graph?

        intervals : boolean
            Would you like to show prediction intervals for the forecast?

        Returns
        ----------
        - Plot of the forecast
        """     

        figsize = kwargs.get('figsize',(10,7))

        if self.latent_variables.estimated is False:
            raise Exception("No latent variables estimated!")
        else:

            import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
            import seaborn as sns

            # Retrieve data, dates and (transformed) latent variables
            mu, Y = self._model(self.latent_variables.get_z_values())         
            date_index = self.shift_dates(h)
            t_z = self.transform_z()

            # Get mean prediction and simulations (for errors)
            mean_values = self._mean_prediction(mu, Y, h, t_z)
            if intervals is True:
                sim_values = self._sim_prediction(mu, Y, h, t_z, 15000)
            else:
                sim_values = self._sim_prediction(mu, Y, h, t_z, 2)
            error_bars, forecasted_values, plot_values, plot_index = self._summarize_simulations(mean_values, sim_values, date_index, h, past_values)

            plt.figure(figsize=figsize)
            if intervals is True:
                alpha =[0.15*i/float(100) for i in range(50,12,-2)]
                for count, pre in enumerate(error_bars):
                    plt.fill_between(date_index[-h-1:], forecasted_values-pre, forecasted_values+pre,alpha=alpha[count])            
            plt.plot(plot_index,plot_values)
            plt.title("Forecast for " + self.data_name)
            plt.xlabel("Time")
            plt.ylabel(self.data_name)
            plt.show()