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Objective: Perform forcasting when a demand pattern follows a linear trend (increasing or
decreasing). Dt = at + b + et
Methods:
1. Linear regression
Finding the parameters of a straight line (intersection with the y axis and the slope) in such a way that the quadratic errors
are minimized
Estimate the forecast by weighting current demand and previous forecasts. Dynamically calculates the "level" or point on
the line and the slope in a time series with linear trend
a. Linear regression: Find out the slope and the intercept values at t=0.
b. Stations: Take m groups of N data. One group is one station. Then, estimate the average for each group as Vi
(i=1,…,m), then: