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New: Practical Time Series Forecasting with R, 3rd Edition (in full color)
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Chapter 3, Section on Zero Counts (last sentence), p.54
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"...positive errors (under-forecasts) than negative errors (over-forecasts)"
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Chapter 6, Figure 6.5 (Moving Average Smoothing)
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MAPE should be 212.09
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Chapter 6, Figure 6.7 (Exponential Smoothing) and page 127 (Section 6.4; "Choosing Smoothing Constant alpha") last paragraph.
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Corrected Figure (uses residuals until Mar-03 to generate forecast of Apr-03 residual) - click to enlarge.
Accordingly, the text should read: "We see that the forecast for the residual is -58,220 riders, implying that we should adjust the regression's forecast by reducing 58,220 riders from that forecast."
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