if we're trying to justify including change at all, having the "ideal" version (without contract induced data gaps) of the signal as a different covariate would be useful. This could be a different data target called e.g. chng_ideal. This means rewriting the history using historic lag patterns, but with "future" data (which is only latent because of logistics/contracts/etc).
chng_ideal
. This means rewriting the history using historic lag patterns, but with "future" data (which is only latent because of logistics/contracts/etc).