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Industrial Forecasting Techniques
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Forecasting
Model Find the load forecast for periods 7 and 8 using a 3 month moving average.
Forecasting
Model
Disadvantages of Moving Average Methods
Increasing n makes forecast less sensitive to changes
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Industrial Forecasting Techniques
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Load
Older data usually less important
n
Forecasting x n1 wt xt
Model i 1
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Industrial Forecasting Techniques
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Forecasting
Model If w5 w4 0.25 w6 0.5
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Industrial Forecasting Techniques
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Forecasting
x(t ) x(t 1) (1 ) x(t 1)
Model
where
xˆ (t ) = the forecast for period t and all future periods in the case
of a constant model.
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Industrial Forecasting Techniques
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