Consider the following gasoline sales time series. If needed, round your answers to two-decimal digits.
Week | Sales (1,000s of gallons) |
1 | 17 |
2 | 21 |
3 | 16 |
4 | 24 |
5 | 17 |
6 | 18 |
7 | 22 |
8 | 20 |
9 | 21 |
10 | 19 |
11 | 16 |
12 | 25 |
(a) | Show the exponential smoothing forecasts using α = 0.1, and α = 0.2. | |||||||||
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(b) | Applying the MSE measure of forecast accuracy, would you prefer a smoothing constant of α = 0.1 or α = 0.2 for the gasoline sales time series? | |||||||||
An - Select your answer -α = 0.1α = 0.2Item 3 smoothing constant provides the more accurate forecast, with an overall MSE of . | ||||||||||
(c) | Are the results the same if you apply MAE as the measure of accuracy? | |||||||||
An - Select your answer -α = 0.1α = 0.2Item 5 smoothing constant provides the more accurate forecast, with an overall MAE of . | ||||||||||
(d) | What are the results if MAPE is used? | |||||||||
An - Select your answer -α = 0.1α = 0.2Item 7 smoothing constant provides the more accurate forecast, with an overall MAPE of . |
for exponential smoothing: next period forecast =α*last period actual+(1-α)*last period forecast |
a)
for alpha =0.1:
week | value | forecast | error | error^2 | |A-F|/A |
1 | 17 | ||||
2 | 21 | 17.00 | 4.000 | 16.000 | 0.19047619 |
3 | 16 | 17.40 | 1.400 | 1.960 | 0.0875 |
4 | 24 | 17.26 | 6.740 | 45.428 | 0.280833333 |
5 | 17 | 17.93 | 0.934 | 0.872 | 0.054941176 |
6 | 18 | 17.84 | 0.159 | 0.025 | 0.008855556 |
7 | 22 | 17.86 | 4.143 | 17.168 | 0.188339091 |
8 | 20 | 18.27 | 1.729 | 2.990 | 0.0864557 |
9 | 21 | 18.44 | 2.556 | 6.534 | 0.121723933 |
10 | 19 | 18.70 | 0.301 | 0.090 | 0.015820123 |
11 | 16 | 18.73 | 2.729 | 7.450 | 0.170592243 |
12 | 25 | 18.46 | 6.543 | 42.817 | 0.261738868 |
13 | 19.11 | 31.236 | 141.335 | 1.467 | |
average | 2.840 | 12.849 | 13.34% | ||
MAE | MSE | MAPE |
fro alpha =0.2:
week | value | forecast | error | error^2 | |A-F|/A |
1 | 17 | ||||
2 | 21 | 17.00 | 4.000 | 16.000 | 0.19047619 |
3 | 16 | 17.80 | 1.800 | 3.240 | 0.1125 |
4 | 24 | 17.44 | 6.560 | 43.034 | 0.273333333 |
5 | 17 | 18.75 | 1.752 | 3.070 | 0.103058824 |
6 | 18 | 18.40 | 0.402 | 0.161 | 0.022311111 |
7 | 22 | 18.32 | 3.679 | 13.533 | 0.167214545 |
8 | 20 | 19.06 | 0.943 | 0.889 | 0.0471488 |
9 | 21 | 19.25 | 1.754 | 3.078 | 0.083541943 |
10 | 19 | 19.60 | 0.596 | 0.356 | 0.031394493 |
11 | 16 | 19.48 | 3.477 | 12.091 | 0.217324768 |
12 | 25 | 18.78 | 6.218 | 38.667 | 0.248729719 |
13 | 20.03 | 31.182 | 134.118 | 1.497 | |
average | 2.835 | 12.193 | 13.61% | ||
MAE | MSE | MAPE |
a)
week | alpha =0.1 | alpha =0.2 | |
13 | 19.11 | 20.03 |
b)
alpha =0.2 smoothing constant provides the more accurate forecast, with an overall MSE of 12.19
c) alpha =0.2 smoothing constant provides the more accurate forecast, with an overall MAE=2.783
d)
α = 0.1 smoothing constant provides the more accurate forecast, with an overall MAPE=13.34 %
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