Forecasting in Business and Economics

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Academic Press, 10. 5. 2014 - Počet stran: 236
Forecasting in Business and Economics presents a variety of forecasting techniques and problems. This book discusses the importance of the selection of a relevant information set. Organized into 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the forecasting techniques that are useful in decision making. This text then discusses the difficulties in interpreting an apparent trend and discusses its implications. Other chapters consider how a time series is analyzed and forecast by discussing the methods by which a series can be generated. This book discusses as well the views of most academic time series analysts regarding the usefulness of searches for cycles in most economic and business series. The final chapter deals with the techniques developed for forecasting. This book is a valuable resource for senior undergraduates in business, economics, commerce, and management. Graduate students in operations research and production engineering will also find this book extremely useful.
 

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CHAPTER 1 Basic Concepts of Forecasting
1
CHAPTER 2 TrendLine Fitting and Forecasting
19
CHAPTER 3 Forecasting from Time Series Models
41
CHAPTER 4 Further Aspects of Time Series Forecasting
79
CHAPTER 5 Regression Methods and Econometric Models
103
Anticipations and Expectations
127
CHAPTER 7 Leading Indicators
135
CHAPTER 8 Evaluation and Combination of Forecasts
153
CHAPTER 9 Population Forecasting
167
CHAPTER 10 Technological Forecasting
177
CHAPTER 11 World Models
201
CHAPTER 12 Techniques Old and New
211
Index
223
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