Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
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Author: Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
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Chapter 2.10, Problem 38P
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To calculate: Autocorrelations for lag 1 to lag 10.
Autocorrelation
Autocorrelation shows the similarity between a time series and the lagged version of time series. This is also called as serial correlation. This is calculated for lags of certain time period.
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