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Abbreviations and Acronyms
Complete Dictionary References
New/revised entries are marked with
an asterisk * (since publication of
Principles of Forecasting, May 2001).
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a posteriori analysis a priori analysis acceleration accuracy (forecast accuracy) acf (autocorrelation function) actuarial prediction adaptive conjoint analysis adaptive parameters adaptive response rate adaptive smoothing additive model adjusted R2 adjustment AIC (Akaike Information Criteria) AID (tree analysis) algorithm amalgamated forecast analogous time series analogy |
analytic process anchoring anticipation AR model (autoregressive) ARCH model (autoregressive conditionally heteroscedastic) ARIMA model (autoregressive integrated moving average) ARMA model (autoregressive moving average) assessment center tests asymmetric error asymptotically unbiased estimator attraction market-share model attributional bias autocorrelation autocorrelation function automatic forecasting program automatic interaction detector (AID) autoregressive model availability heuristic |
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backcasting backward shift operator bafflegab base period base rate basic research basic trend batch forecasting Bayesian analysis Bayesian Information Criteria (BIC) Bayesian methods Bayesian pooling Bayesian vector autoregression model benchmark forecasts BFE (bold freehand extrapolation) |
bias biased estimator BIC (Bayesian Information Criteria) BJ methods (Box-Jenkins) bold freehand extrapolation (BFE) bootstrapping bottom-up bounded values Box-Jenkins methods Box-Pierce test brainstorming Brier score Brunswick Lens model business cycles BVAR model (Bayesian vector autoregression model) |
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gambler's fallacy game theory* GARCH model (generalized autoregressive conditionally heteroscedastic) generalized least square (GLS) |
genetic algorithm global assessment goodness of fit growth cycle growth forces |
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jackknife |
judgmental forecasting |
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wag
(wild-assed guess) |
wind-tunnel data |