MYOMLAB W/O PEARSON ETEXT--INSTANT ACCE
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Chapter 4, Problem 28P
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• 4.29 North Dakota Electric Company estimates its demand trend line tin millions of kilowatt hours) to be:
where Q refers to the sequential quarter number and Q = 1 for winter of Year 1. In addition, the multiplicative seasonal factors are as follows:
QUARTER | FACTOR (INDEX) |
Winter | .8 |
Spring | 1.1 |
Summer | 1.4 |
Fall | .7 |
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Question 4
The below data represent the advertising expenditure and sales of Little Liu Ltd from year 2008 to 2017.
Table: Advertising Expenditure vs. Sales from 2008 to 2017
Year
Advert. Expenditure
Sales
(x, £000)
(y, £000)
2008
8
30
2009
12
40
2010
11
29
2011
5
29
2012
14
43
2013
3
17
2014
6
20
2015
8
30
2016
4
22
2017
9
40
Total
80
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Work out the values of parameters of the relationship shown in the Figure (i.e. work out the equation of the relationship).
Question 2
Historical demand for gulab jamun from a sweet stall on Commercial Road is as displayed in the table.
Month
Demand (orders)
January
66,753
February
67,686
March
68,641
April
68,979
May
69,278
June
69,577
July
69,602
August
70,348
September
70,806
October
71,011
November
71,819
December
72,752
What is the forecast for June using Holt's model with an alpha of 0.1 and a beta of 0.2?
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Question 3
[Soalan 3]
Use the data set below to answer the following questions:
[Gunakan set data di bawah untuk menjawab soalan-soalan berikut:]
Table 1: Monthly sales unit
[Jadual 1: Unit jualan bulanan]
Month
[Bulan]
Sales Units
[Unit Jualan]
1
1100
2
1200
3
1450
4
1800
5
2100
6
2700
ii) Calculate the four-period weighted moving average forecasts for months 5 and 6 using weights of 0.05, 0.15, 0.30, and 0.50 from the earliest period to the latest period, respectively.
[Hitungkan ramalan wajaran purata bergerak menggunakan empat-tempoh untuk bulan 5 dan 6 menggunakan pemberat 0.05, 0.15, 0.30 dan 0.50 dari tempoh yang terawal ke tempoh yang terakhir mengikut turutan.]
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