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Combination of Forecasts: An Extension

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  • Sunil Gupta

    (Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027)

  • Peter C. Wilton

    (School of Business Administration, University of California, 350 Barrows Hall, Berkeley, California 94720)

Abstract

Existing approaches to combining multiple forecasts generally offer either theoretical richness or empirical robustness, but not both together. In this paper, we propose a new method for combining forecasts which attempts to overcome this imbalance. The method allows easy inclusion of relevant subjective and empirical information about the forecasts, while providing weights which are: (i) intuitively meaningful, and (ii) not dependent upon large numbers of observations of prior forecast accuracy. Results of a simulation experiment show the method to be highly robust, and significantly superior to existing approaches under many conditions.

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  • Sunil Gupta & Peter C. Wilton, 1987. "Combination of Forecasts: An Extension," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 33(3), pages 356-372, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:33:y:1987:i:3:p:356-372
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.33.3.356
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