Consider the following time series: Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Demand 15 24

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Consider the following time series:

Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Demand 15 24 26 33 20 22 27 20

a. Forecast the demand for Period 9 using exponential smoothing with a = 0.1.

b. Calculate the MAD for the forecast in part a.

c. Forecast the demand for Period 9 using exponential smoothing with a = 0.3.

d. Calculate the MAD for the forecast in part c.

e. Which forecast would you choose?

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Business Statistics

ISBN: 9780133852288

2nd Edition

Authors: Robert A Donnelly, Robert Donnelly Jr

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