03851nam a2200553 i 4500 vtls000078791 MTX m eo d cr cn |||m|||a 160715s2015 nyu foab 001 0 eng d 9781606497913 e-book 9781606497906 paperback (OCoLC)908260605 (CaBNVSL)swl00404868 201607151122 staff 201605041220 admin CaBNVSL eng rda CaBNVSL CaBNVSL CB158 .V87 2015 303.49 23 Ebook Vu, Tam Bang., author. 114544 Seeing the future : how to build basic forecasting models / Tam Bang Vu. First edition. New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2015. 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Economics collection, 2163-7628 Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index. Part I. Basics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Elementary time series techniques -- 3. Evaluations and adjustments -- Part II. Intermediate forecast techniques -- 4. Intermediate time series techniques -- 5. Simple linear regressions -- Part III. Advanced forecast techniques -- 6. Multiple linear regressions -- 7. Advanced time series techniques -- Part IV. Business and economic applications of forecasting -- 8. Business models -- 9. Economic models -- 10. Business cycles and rate of changes -- 11. Conclusion -- References -- Index. Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. If you are a business person, who desires to forecast demands and sales, or a researcher, who wishes to predict a future event, this textbook is for you. The book is also written for upper-division undergraduate students, first year MBA students, and other readers who wish to acquire fundamental knowledge of quantitative forecasting. A team of fictional characters is introduced to enhance your learning experience. They comprise two instructors and 10 students. They will share their learning and working experiences with you. The book emphasizes applied aspects of forecasting, so the only prerequisites for the course are high-school statistics and college algebra. The book discusses most of the forecasting methods frequently used in practice. All in-book analyses are accompanied by numerical examples that can easily be performed on a handheld calculator or Microsoft Excel, which is the only technical software required for all demonstrations and exercises in the book. Two Excel folders are provided without charge on the BEP website. The first folder, Excel Demos, comprises all Excel files to reproduce the demonstrations in this book, including the data and commands in the cells corresponding to the ones in the text. The second folder, Exercise Data, consists of all data for the exercises in the book. A folder including all solutions to the exercises is available to instructors once a book order is placed. Also available in print. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. Title from PDF title page (viewed on April 29, 2015). Forecasting Mathematical models. 114545 associative analyses Business economics Excel forecasting time series Print version: 9781606497906 Economics collection. 2163-7628 114465 http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/BEPB0000376.html 10 75355 75355