(Solved): Problem 3-10 Points After Plotting Demand For Four Periods, An Emergency Room Manager Has Concluded ...
Problem 3-10 points After plotting demand for four periods, an emergency room manager has concluded that a trend-adjusted exponential smoothing model is appropriate to predict future demand. The initial estimate of trend is based on the net change of 19 for the three periods from 1 to 4, for an average of +6.33 units. eBook Print Period Actual Period Actual 209 6 258 228 7 273 3 223 8 283 228 9288 5 248 10 References Use a=.60 and B=15, and TAF of 240 for period 5. Obtain forecasts for periods 6 through 10. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to 2 decimal places.) t Period TAF+
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Answers are in BOLD Period, t Actual, At Exponential smoothing, Ft Trend, Tt Trend adjusted Forecast, TAFt 1 209 2 228 3 223 4 228 5 248 233.67 6.333 240