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Combining Interval Forecasts

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العنوان: Combining Interval Forecasts
المؤلفون: Anil Gaba, Ilia Tsetlin, Robert L. Winkler
المصدر: INFORMS, Decision Analysis. 14(1):1-20
سنة النشر: 2017
الوصف: When combining forecasts, a simple average of the forecasts performs well, often better than more sophisticated methods. In a prescriptive spirit, we consider some other parsimonious, easy-to-use heuristics for combining interval forecasts and compare their performance with the benchmark provided by the simple average, using simulations from a model we develop and data sets with forecasts made by professionals in their domain of expertise. We find that the empirical results closely match the results from our model, thus providing some validation for the theoretical model. The relative performance of the heuristics is influenced by the degree of overconfidence in and dependence among the individual forecasts, and different heuristics come out on top under different circumstances. The results provide some good, easy-to-use alternatives to the simple average with an indication of the conditions under which each might be preferable, enabling us to conclude with some prescriptive advice.
نوع الوثيقة: redif-article
اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1287/deca.2016.0340
الإتاحة: https://ideas.repec.org/a/inm/ordeca/v14y2017i1p1-20.html
رقم الأكسشن: edsrep.a.inm.ordeca.v14y2017i1p1.20
قاعدة البيانات: RePEc