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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1P

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1. Food trucks have become a common sight on American campuses. They serve scores of hungry students through campus and looking for trendy food served fast. The owner of a food truck collects data on the number of students he serves on weekdays on a small campus in California. Use the FOODTRUCK sheet (refer to Excel file). Determine the 3-period moving average to make forecast for Week 4 to Week 41.

2. The manager of a trendy downtown cafe in Columbus, Ohio, collects weekly data on the number of customers it serves. Use the simple exponential smoothing technique with =0.2 to make a forecast in the entire data.

Week	Customers
1	944
2	997
3	962
4	956
5	1045
6	1120
7	1069
8	1000
9	923
10	835
11	840
12	784
13	793
14	851
15	903
16	854
17	918
18	991
19	986
20	930
21	983
22	1008
23	962
24	888
25	895
26	978
27	1047
28	1050
29	1136
30	1225
31	1205
32	1195
33	1188
34	1177
35	1097
36	1074
37	1017
38	967
39	1007
40	949
41	930
42	1010
43	984
44	1091
45	1189
46	1254
47	1182
48	1235
49	1323
50	1305
51	1381
52	1365