Lecture Notes

Here are some power points and notes I use in class.

I recommend students to watch the youtube videos for the material by Dr. Galit Shmueli.

Smoothing Methods:

• 1) Moving Average: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rz_ITRIADg

Moving Average for Forecasting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdv9GSrgLQU

• 2) Differencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re6N30kBMes
• 3) Simple Exponential Smoothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqge2HDH2Co
• 4) Holt's Exponential Smoothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUyZl-abnNM
• 5) Holt-Winters' Exponential Smoothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrLiC1biciY

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