Practical Management Science
Practical Management Science
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Author: WINSTON
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 14.6, Problem 22P
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To determine: The thing that makes this time series more challenging to forecast.

Introduction: Forecasting is a technique of predicting future events based on historical data and projecting them into the future with a mathematical model. Forecasting may be an intuitive or subjective prediction.

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