Q. Forecasting
The subsequent tabulations are actual sales of units for six months also a starting forecast in January.
a. Compute forecasts for the remaining five months utilizing simple exponential smoothing with
α = 0.2
b. Compute MAD for the forecasts.
ACTUAL FORECAST
January 100 80
February 94
March 106
April 80
May 68
June 94
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