Comparative analysis of accuracy of selected methods of building of combined forecasts and meta-forecast

• Authors: Joanna Perzyńska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper the author presents a method of building a meta-forecast as an arithmetic mean of the combined forecasts set by various methods. The empirical example, in which the forecasts (individual, combined and meta-forecasts) are determined for the microeconomic variable with seasonal fluctuations, is the illustration of theoretical considerations. The accuracy of meta-forecasts is compared with the accuracy of their component combined forecasts and individual forecasts. The empirical studies confirm the usefulness of meta-forecasts. In most cases, they have lower errors than their component combined forecasts, also they are more accurate than individual forecasts.

Keywords

EN

individual forecasts; combined forecasts; meta-forecasts; forecasts errors; forecasts weights

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Econometrics. Ekonometria. Advances in Applied Data Analytics
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 1(39)
• Pages: 152-161

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Joanna Perzyńska

• Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Technologiczny w Szczecinie

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