The manager of a travel agency has been using a seasonally adjusted forecast to predict demand for packaged tours. The actual and predicted values are as follows: A. Compute MAD for the fifth period, then update it by period using exponentially smoothing with alpha 0.30 B. Compute a tracking signal for period 5 through 14 using the initial and updated mads. If limit of ± 3 are used.

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The manager of a travel agency has been using a seasonally adjusted forecast to predict demand for packaged tours. The actual and predicted values are as follows: A. Compute MAD for the fifth period, then update it by period using exponentially smoothing with alpha 0.30 B. Compute a tracking signal for period 5 through 14 using the initial and updated mads. If limit of ± 3 are used.
Period Demand Predicted
1
129
124
2
194
200
3
156
150
4
91
94
85
80
6.
132
140
126
128
8
126
124
9
95
100
10
149
150
98
85
11
94
12
80
13
137
140
14
134
128
Transcribed Image Text:Period Demand Predicted 1 129 124 2 194 200 3 156 150 4 91 94 85 80 6. 132 140 126 128 8 126 124 9 95 100 10 149 150 98 85 11 94 12 80 13 137 140 14 134 128
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