TY - BOOK AU - Hoshmand, A. Reza. TI - Business forecasting: a practical approach SN - 9780415988551 U1 - 330.0112 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Business forecasting KW - Data processing N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Forecasting for management decisions : an introduction -- Data patterns and choice of forecasting techniques -- The macroeconomy and business forecasts -- Data collection and analysis for use in forecasting -- Forecasting with smoothing techniques -- Adaptive filtering as a forecasting technique -- Forecasting with simple regression -- Forecasting with multiple regression -- Advanced regression methodologies in forecasting -- The Box-Jenkins method of forecasting -- Communicating forecasts to management ER -