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1. Formula & 3 year Exponential Moving Average forecast Example





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Examples
1) 3 year Exponential Moving Average forecast
year123456789101112
Sales5.24.95.54.95.25.75.45.85.965.24.8
Calculate 3 year Exponential Moving Average forecast


Solution:
`alpha=2/(n+1)=2/(3+1)=0.5`

(1)
year
(2)
Sales
(3)
Exponential Smoothing
`(alpha=0.5)`
15.25.2
24.9`0.5*5.2+0.5*5.2=5.2`
35.5`0.5*4.9+0.5*5.2=5.05`
44.9`0.5*5.5+0.5*5.05=5.275`
55.2`0.5*4.9+0.5*5.275=5.0875`
65.7`0.5*5.2+0.5*5.0875=5.1438`
75.4`0.5*5.7+0.5*5.1438=5.4219`
85.8`0.5*5.4+0.5*5.4219=5.4109`
95.9`0.5*5.8+0.5*5.4109=5.6055`
106`0.5*5.9+0.5*5.6055=5.7527`
115.2`0.5*6+0.5*5.7527=5.8764`
124.8`0.5*5.2+0.5*5.8764=5.5382`
13`0.5*4.8+0.5*5.5382=5.1691`


(1)
year
(2)
Sales
(3)
Exponential Smoothing
(4)
Error
(5)
|Error|
(6)
`"Error"^2`
(7)
`|%"Error"|`
15.25.2
24.95.2
35.55.05
44.95.275`4.9-5.275=-0.375``0.375``0.1406``7.65%`
55.25.0875`5.2-5.0875=0.1125``0.1125``0.0127``2.16%`
65.75.1438`5.7-5.1438=0.5562``0.5562``0.3094``9.76%`
75.45.4219`5.4-5.4219=-0.0219``0.0219``0.0005``0.41%`
85.85.4109`5.8-5.4109=0.3891``0.3891``0.1514``6.71%`
95.95.6055`5.9-5.6055=0.2945``0.2945``0.0867``4.99%`
1065.7527`6-5.7527=0.2473``0.2473``0.0611``4.12%`
115.25.8764`5.2-5.8764=-0.6764``0.6764``0.4575``13.01%`
124.85.5382`4.8-5.5382=-0.7382``0.7382``0.5449``15.38%`
135.1691Total`3.411``1.7648``64.19%`


Forecasting errors

1. Mean absolute error (MAE), also called mean absolute deviation (MAD)
MAE`=1/n sum |e_i|=3.411/9=0.379`


2. Mean squared error (MSE)
MSE`=1/n sum |e_i^2|=1.7648/9=0.1961`


3. Root mean squared error (RMSE)
RMSE`=sqrt(MSE)=sqrt(0.1961)=0.4428`


4. Mean absolute percentage error (MAPE)
MAPE`=1/n sum |e_i/y_i|=64.19/9=7.13`


2) 3 year Exponential Moving Average forecast
year12345678910
Sales30253525203035403045
Calculate 3 year Exponential Moving Average forecast


Solution:
`alpha=2/(n+1)=2/(3+1)=0.5`

(1)
year
(2)
Sales
(3)
Exponential Smoothing
`(alpha=0.5)`
13030
225`0.5*30+0.5*30=30`
335`0.5*25+0.5*30=27.5`
425`0.5*35+0.5*27.5=31.25`
520`0.5*25+0.5*31.25=28.125`
630`0.5*20+0.5*28.125=24.0625`
735`0.5*30+0.5*24.0625=27.0312`
840`0.5*35+0.5*27.0312=31.0156`
930`0.5*40+0.5*31.0156=35.5078`
1045`0.5*30+0.5*35.5078=32.7539`
11`0.5*45+0.5*32.7539=38.877`


(1)
year
(2)
Sales
(3)
Exponential Smoothing
(4)
Error
(5)
|Error|
(6)
`"Error"^2`
(7)
`|%"Error"|`
13030
22530
33527.5
42531.25`25-31.25=-6.25``6.25``39.0625``25%`
52028.125`20-28.125=-8.125``8.125``66.0156``40.62%`
63024.0625`30-24.0625=5.9375``5.9375``35.2539``19.79%`
73527.0312`35-27.0312=7.9688``7.9688``63.501``22.77%`
84031.0156`40-31.0156=8.9844``8.9844``80.719``22.46%`
93035.5078`30-35.5078=-5.5078``5.5078``30.336``18.36%`
104532.7539`45-32.7539=12.2461``12.2461``149.9668``27.21%`
1138.877Total`55.0195``464.8548``176.22%`


Forecasting errors

1. Mean absolute error (MAE), also called mean absolute deviation (MAD)
MAE`=1/n sum |e_i|=55.0195/7=7.8599`


2. Mean squared error (MSE)
MSE`=1/n sum |e_i^2|=464.8548/7=66.4078`


3. Root mean squared error (RMSE)
RMSE`=sqrt(MSE)=sqrt(66.4078)=8.1491`


4. Mean absolute percentage error (MAPE)
MAPE`=1/n sum |e_i/y_i|=176.22/7=25.17`


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