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Julian Pawlowski 383b495545
Feature/adaptive defaults (#22)
* feat(period-calc): adaptive defaults + remove volatility filter

Major improvements to period calculation with smarter defaults and
simplified configuration:

**Adaptive Defaults:**
- ENABLE_MIN_PERIODS: true (was false) - Always try to find periods
- MIN_PERIODS target: 2 periods/day (ensures coverage)
- BEST_PRICE_MAX_LEVEL: "cheap" (was "any") - Prefer genuinely cheap
- PEAK_PRICE_MIN_LEVEL: "expensive" (was "any") - Prefer genuinely expensive
- GAP_TOLERANCE: 1 (was 0) - Allow 1-level deviations in sequences
- MIN_DISTANCE_FROM_AVG: 5% (was 2%) - Ensure significance
- PEAK_PRICE_MIN_PERIOD_LENGTH: 30min (was 60min) - More responsive
- PEAK_PRICE_FLEX: -20% (was -15%) - Better peak detection

**Volatility Filter Removal:**
- Removed CONF_BEST_PRICE_MIN_VOLATILITY from const.py
- Removed CONF_PEAK_PRICE_MIN_VOLATILITY from const.py
- Removed volatility filter UI controls from config_flow.py
- Removed filter_periods_by_volatility() calls from coordinator.py
- Updated all 5 translations (de, en, nb, nl, sv)

**Period Calculation Logic:**
- Level filter now integrated into _build_periods() (applied during
  interval qualification, not as post-filter)
- Gap tolerance implemented via _check_level_with_gap_tolerance()
- Short periods (<1.5h) use strict filtering (no gap tolerance)
- Relaxation now passes level_filter + gap_count directly to
  PeriodConfig
- show_periods check skipped when relaxation enabled (relaxation
  tries "any" as fallback)

**Documentation:**
- Complete rewrite of docs/user/period-calculation.md:
  * Visual examples with timelines
  * Step-by-step explanation of 4-step process
  * Configuration scenarios (5 common use cases)
  * Troubleshooting section with specific fixes
  * Advanced topics (per-day independence, early stop, etc.)
- Updated README.md: "volatility" → "distance from average"

Impact: Periods now reliably appear on most days with meaningful
quality filters. Users get warned about expensive periods and notified
about cheap opportunities without manual tuning. Relaxation ensures
coverage while keeping filters as strict as possible.

Breaking change: Volatility filter removed (was never a critical
feature, often confused users). Existing configs continue to work
(removed keys are simply ignored).

* feat(periods): modularize period_utils and add statistical outlier filtering

Refactored monolithic period_utils.py (1800 lines) into focused modules
for better maintainability and added advanced outlier filtering with
smart impact tracking.

Modular structure:
- types.py: Type definitions and constants (89 lines)
- level_filtering.py: Level filtering with gap tolerance (121 lines)
- period_building.py: Period construction from intervals (238 lines)
- period_statistics.py: Statistics and summaries (318 lines)
- period_merging.py: Overlap resolution (382 lines)
- relaxation.py: Per-day relaxation strategy (547 lines)
- core.py: Main API orchestration (251 lines)
- outlier_filtering.py: Statistical spike detection (294 lines)
- __init__.py: Public API exports (62 lines)

New statistical outlier filtering:
- Linear regression for trend-based spike detection
- 2 standard deviation confidence intervals (95%)
- Symmetry checking to preserve legitimate price shifts
- Enhanced zigzag detection with relative volatility (catches clusters)
- Replaces simple average smoothing with trend-based predictions

Smart impact tracking:
- Tests if original price would have passed criteria
- Only counts smoothed intervals that actually changed period formation
- Tracks level gap tolerance usage separately
- Both attributes only appear when > 0 (clean UI)

New period attributes:
- period_interval_smoothed_count: Intervals kept via outlier smoothing
- period_interval_level_gap_count: Intervals kept via gap tolerance

Impact: Statistical outlier filtering prevents isolated price spikes from
breaking continuous periods while preserving data integrity. All statistics
use original prices. Smart tracking shows only meaningful interventions,
making it clear when tolerance mechanisms actually influenced results.

Backwards compatible: All public APIs re-exported from period_utils package.

* Update docs/user/period-calculation.md

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* Update custom_components/tibber_prices/const.py

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* Update custom_components/tibber_prices/coordinator.py

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* Update custom_components/tibber_prices/const.py

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* docs(periods): fix corrupted period-calculation.md and add outlier filtering documentation

Completely rewrote period-calculation.md after severe corruption (massive text
duplication throughout the file made it 2489 lines).

Changes:
- Fixed formatting: Removed all duplicate text and headers
- Reduced file size: 2594 lines down to 516 lines (clean, readable structure)
- Added section 5: "Statistical Outlier Filtering (NEW)" explaining:
  - Linear regression-based spike detection (95% confidence intervals)
  - Symmetry checking to preserve legitimate price shifts
  - Enhanced zigzag detection with relative volatility
  - Data integrity guarantees (original prices always used)
  - New period attributes: period_interval_smoothed_count
- Added troubleshooting: "Price spikes breaking periods" section
- Added technical details: Algorithm constants and implementation notes

Impact: Users can now understand how outlier filtering prevents isolated
price spikes from breaking continuous periods. Documentation is readable
again with no duplicate content.

* fix(const): improve clarity in comments regarding period lengths for price alerts

* docs(periods): improve formatting and clarity in period-calculation.md

* Initial plan

* refactor: convert flexibility_pct to ratio once at function entry

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* Update custom_components/tibber_prices/const.py

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* Update custom_components/tibber_prices/period_utils/period_building.py

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* Update custom_components/tibber_prices/period_utils/relaxation.py

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