Business forecasting is essential for the survival for companies of all sizes. The building block used by forecasters is historical data or the past performance of the business to predict future ...

It can be highly beneficial for companies to develop a forecast of the future values of some important metrics, such as demand for its product or variables that describe the economic climate. There ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a spreadsheet, trying to make sense of all those numbers? Many face the challenge of transforming raw data into actionable insights, especially when it comes to ...

Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of linear regression with two-way interactions between predictor variables. Compared to standard linear ...

Linear regression may be the most basic and accessible machine learning (ML) algorithm, but it’s also one of the fastest and most powerful. As a result, professionals in business, science, and ...

Interfaces, Vol. 48, No. 2, Special Issue on Applications of Analytics and Operations Research in Big Data Analysis (March–April 2018), pp. 121-129 (9 pages) We propose a forecasting method to improve ...