Level-adjusted exponential smoothing for modeling planned discontinuities

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-289

  Williams, Dan W ^a   Miller, Don ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjusting forecasts; Discontinuities; Exponential smoothing; Holt Winters; Interventions; Judgmental forecasting; Level shifts; Level adjusted exponential smoothing; Policy changes; Special events; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041850835     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(98)00083-1     Document Type: Article

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