FORECASTING:
Problem: Using the sales data provided below, answer the following questions:
Table:
Time-series data
Seller
439
492
505
Assuming a smoothing model with a value of 0.25, calculate the forecast using exponential smoothing.
Calculate the mean squared error (MSE) for the forecasting model in (2).
Forecast the demand using the weighted moving average method with weights of 0.7.
Calculate the mean absolute deviation (MAD) for the forecasting model in (c).