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Demand forecasting: simple exponential smoothing

Simple exponential smoothing is applied to a time series.

Symbols:

Alpha smoothing constant
t period index
Y(t) observed demand in periode t
MAD(t) mean absolute deviation in period t

Assumption:

  • regular stationary demand (no trend!)

Literature:

- Heizer/Render (1993), Chapter 4


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