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a) Forecast the company's market share for the 13th quarter by exponential smoothing with w=0.3.

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

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Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Publisher:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

Chapter5: Business And Economic Forecasting

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Problem 7E: The Questor Corporation has experienced the following sales pattern over a 10-year period: Compute...

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