1. This document compares the forecast accuracy of 4 different forecasting methods: single exponential smoothing, weighted moving average, double exponential smoothing, and simple moving average. It provides the mean forecast error, mean absolute error, and mean absolute percentage error for each method based on historical sales data from 2003 to 2019.
2. Double exponential smoothing produced the lowest mean absolute percentage error of 9.25% while simple moving average produced the highest at 19.17%. Weighted moving average had the highest errors for individual periods, with a mean absolute percentage error of 64.02%.
3. In summary, double exponential smoothing provided the most accurate forecasts overall according to the error metrics, while simple moving average and weighted moving average tended to
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Mean Forcast Error (MFE)
1. This document compares the forecast accuracy of 4 different forecasting methods: single exponential smoothing, weighted moving average, double exponential smoothing, and simple moving average. It provides the mean forecast error, mean absolute error, and mean absolute percentage error for each method based on historical sales data from 2003 to 2019.
2. Double exponential smoothing produced the lowest mean absolute percentage error of 9.25% while simple moving average produced the highest at 19.17%. Weighted moving average had the highest errors for individual periods, with a mean absolute percentage error of 64.02%.
3. In summary, double exponential smoothing provided the most accurate forecasts overall according to the error metrics, while simple moving average and weighted moving average tended to