Judgmental |
Technolog. Forecasting |
Time Series |
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Moving |
Exponent. |
Decompo-sitional |
Box-Jenkins |
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Technique # |
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Stage in Life-Cycle |
early |
early |
growth |
growth |
early maturity |
early maturity |
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Forecast Horizon |
Long Term |
Long Term |
Medium Term |
Medium Term |
Medium Term |
Medium Term |
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Data Requirement |
few |
few |
many |
many |
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Pattern of Data Recognized |
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Horizontal |
X |
X |
X |
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Trend |
weak |
weak |
X |
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Seasonal |
weak |
weak |
X |
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Cyclical |
X |
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Explanatory |
Y |