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Lewandowski algorithm demand forecasting

I came across the Lewandowski method of demand forecasting in JDA Demand. Please help me understand at a high level the methodology it uses. I found a paper by Robert Hyndman titled "A state space ...
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Correcting biased polling

Let's say I'm polling for a binary election in different states with known biases. Furthermore, let's say I only manage to poll only a small sample of people in each of these states. How would you ...
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Where did this risk exposure 'estimation-formula' come from?

I was reading a book and the authors metioned that risk exposure can be estimated scientifically using this forumula: $risk(\$) = \frac{(a + 4m + b)}{6}$ and standard deviation $\sigma = ...
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Estimate in presence of missing observations

I'm trying to estimate a parameter based on its past history. However, I do not have the observed data at every point of time. To illustrate the scenario, consider a group of N people where each ...
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Estimation of white noise parameters in Gaussian random walk model

I want to estimate the parameters (mean , variance ) $e(t)$ for the random walk model $X (t) = X (t-1) + e(t)$. (where $e(t)$ is the white noise with a Normal distribution). By using the fact that ...
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Machine learning techniques for time series estimation - forecasting price

Can anyone recommend any machine learning techniques for time series estimation? I have a series of times $t_{1}...t_{n}$, each having a set of associated features $f_{1}...f_{m}$, and a value $x$. ...
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Updating a set of estimated forecasts

Suppose I have some stochastic process $X_t$. At each time $t$, I receive an estimated probability distribution for $x_t$, followed by an observation $x_t$. After receiving a set of observations ...