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Bootstrap Prediction Intervals

My question concerns the construction of forecast prediction intervals using bootstrapping. I have a 36 month time series, which I am using to perform point forecasts for the next 12 months using ...
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Calculating price elasticity from triple exponentially smoothed values

I have a time series which exhibits a linear trend and multiplicative seasonality, so I've smoothed it using Holt-Winters exponential smoothing. Now, I suspect some of the deviation between smoothed ...
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Ensemble time series model

I need to automate time-series forecasting, and I don't know in advance the features of those series (seasonality, trend, noise, etc). My aim is not to get the best possible model for each series, ...
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Do you think smoothing constant value, alpha, in SES method is a control parameter or process parameter?

There is a debate in selecting the smoothign constant in Single Exponentioan Smoothing method by practitioner or considering it as a process parameter? Could you please provide your opinion regarding ...
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use Exponential smoothing to forecast lead-time demand

I'd like to use Simple Exponential smoothing to forecast the lead-time demand for inventory control, I have monthly data and LT+1 is equal to 5 months, can I do a forecast using SES which gives me a ...
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Values of $\alpha$, $\beta$ and $\gamma$ in ets in forecast package

I am using the forecast package in R. I wanted to know how the ets() function finds the value of $\alpha$, $\beta$ and $\gamma$? ...
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Value of alpha and beta in Holt's exponential smoothing method

How to choose the best values of alpha and beta in Holt's exponential smoothing? Leaving it upon R gives me $\alpha$ =1. Is this appropriate? Entering different values of alpha and then comparing ...
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How to use triple exponential smoothing to forecast in Excel

I have been burdened with the task of coming up with a forecast plan for my company. I have no experience and am VERY new to the whole forecasting scene. As of right now, my company has no plans of ...
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Smoothing constant in single exponential smoothing

I have some SKUs and I'd like to do a forecast using single exponential smoothing as a forecasting method, when should we go for small value of alpha (.05,.1,...) and when for bigger ...
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Help choosing the optimal time series analysis package

I am developing an app for time series analysis that should support the following: Exponential Smoothing (Holt-Winters) Box-Jenkins curve fitting (straight line, quadratic, exponential, growth) ...
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Forecasting beyond one season using Holt-Winters' exponential smoothing

I am using the Holt-Winters' exponential smoothing technique to forecast expenditure data 2 years into the furture. The monthly data has an increasing trend and annual seasonality. I'm using MS Excel ...