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Metaforecasting: Ways of improving forecasting accuracy and usefulness
(Elsevier, 1988)
Forecasting has a long history. An understanding of such history coupled with the study
of the empirical evidence can provide invaluable information for improving the accuracy
and usefulness of predictions. Statistical ...
Forecasting and loss fuctions
(International Journal of Forecasting, 1988)
This paper considers two problems of interpreting forecasting competition error statistics. The first problem is concerned with the importance of linking the error measure (loss function) used in evaluating a forecasting ...
Consider the principal finding: A reply to William T. Ross
(INFORMS, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 1988-05)
By focusang on issues concerning precise reUuive perfonnance of the human and experimental
teams, Ross crtsscutes the nugor, and a priori »ir[»ising result of our study. This is that the
experimental teams were not all ...
The future of forecasting
(Elsevier, 1988)
This paper discusses our aims in organizing this special issue. We believe that a synthesis
of the field is needed to resolve the many conflicts between theory and empirical evidence
and between advocates of the various ...