The International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) will be hosting their annual conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, from 16-19 June 2019.
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Economic forecasts may again be blind
In the current artificially propped market environment, the economic forecasts based on real economic, soft and financial indicators may fail massively.
38th International Symposium on Forecasting
The International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) will be hosting their annual conference in Boulder, USA in June 2018.
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Why experts often get predictions wrong
One of the problems with economic forecasting is that a small change in a few variables can make predictions almost impossibly complex. The maths can quickly become complicated.
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Machine learning to make capacity planning decisions
Amazon has developed machine-learning driven models on how to forecast demand for its services and deploy infrastructure accordingly.
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Licence to Innovate Forecasting Models
The Bank of Canada has launched a multiyear effort to overhaul the sophisticated computer models it uses to forecast the economy after they failed to foreshadow the aftershocks of the global financial crisis.
37th International Symposium on Forecasting
The International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) will be hosting their annual conference in Cairns, Australia in June 2017. This will be the 37th year of hosting the premier forecasting conference, attracting the world’s leading forecasting researchers, practitioners, and students. Continue reading 37th International Symposium on Forecasting
What’s Wrong with Demand Forecasting
A growing number of companies says their forecast accuracy, service levels and inventory efficiency metrics have hit a ceiling that they just can’t get past.
IIF’s Symposium on Forecasting in Santander
The renowned International Symposium on Forecasting will take place from June 19-22, 2016 at the Palace of La Magdalena in Santander, Spain.
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Three ways to give forecasters a boost
Need to boost forecast accuracy? Three factors have huge impact on the predictions: training, teams and tracking. It’s time to tee up!