A comparative study on combinations of forecasts and their individual forecasts by means of simulated series

Over the years, several studies that compare individual forecasts with the combination of forecasts were published. There is, however, no unanimity in the conclusions. Furthermore, methods of combination by regression are poorly explored. This paper presents a comparative study of three methods of c...

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Autores: Mancuso, Aline Castello Branco, Werner, Liane
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Acta scientiarum. Technology (Online)
Idioma:inglés
portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/41452
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciTechnol/article/view/41452
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:combinations of forecasts
forecasting
accuracy
simulation.
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Sumario:Over the years, several studies that compare individual forecasts with the combination of forecasts were published. There is, however, no unanimity in the conclusions. Furthermore, methods of combination by regression are poorly explored. This paper presents a comparative study of three methods of combination and their individual forecasts. Based on simulated data, it is evaluated the accuracy of Artificial Neural Networks, ARIMA and exponential smoothing models; calculating the combined forecasts through simple average, minimum variance and regression methods. Four accuracy measurements, MAE, MAPE, RMSE and Theil’s U, were used for choosing the most accurate method. The main contribution is the accuracy of the combination by regression methods.