Course Outline

Forecasting with R for Government

  • Introduction to Forecasting for Government
  • Exponential Smoothing Techniques for Government Applications
  • ARIMA Models for Government Data Analysis
  • The forecast Package for Government Use

Package 'forecast' for Government

  • accuracy: Assessing Forecast Accuracy for Government Projects
  • Acf: Autocorrelation Function for Government Data
  • arfima: Fractional Differencing Models for Government Time Series
  • Arima: Fitting ARIMA Models to Government Data
  • arima.errors: Extracting Errors from ARIMA Models for Government Analysis
  • auto.arima: Automated ARIMA Model Selection for Government Datasets
  • bats: Exponential Smoothing State Space Model with Box-Cox Transformation, ARMA Errors, Trend and Seasonal Components for Government Use
  • BoxCox: Applying Box-Cox Transformations to Government Data
  • BoxCox.lambda: Estimating the Optimal Box-Cox Transformation Parameter for Government Datasets
  • croston: Croston's Method for Intermittent Demand Forecasting in Government Settings
  • CV: Cross-Validation for Model Selection in Government Applications
  • dm.test: Diebold-Mariano Test for Comparing Forecast Accuracy in Government Projects
  • dshw: Double Seasonal Holt-Winters Method for Government Time Series Analysis
  • ets: Exponential Smoothing State Space Model for Government Data
  • fitted.Arima: Extracting Fitted Values from ARIMA Models in Government Studies
  • forecast: General Forecasting Function for Government Use
  • forecast.Arima: Forecasting with ARIMA Models for Government Data
  • forecast.bats: Forecasting with BATS Models for Government Applications
  • forecast.ets: Forecasting with ETS Models for Government Datasets
  • forecast.HoltWinters: Forecasting with Holt-Winters Models for Government Analysis
  • forecast.lm: Forecasting Using Linear Models in Government Projects
  • forecast.stl: Forecasting with STL Decomposition for Government Data
  • forecast.StructTS: Forecasting with Structural Time Series Models for Government Use
  • gas: Gas Consumption Dataset for Government Analysis
  • gold: Gold Price Dataset for Government Studies
  • logLik.ets: Log-Likelihood of ETS Models for Government Data
  • ma: Moving Average Smoothing for Government Time Series
  • meanf: Mean Forecasting Method for Government Applications
  • monthdays: Number of Days in Each Month for Government Use
  • msts: Multiple Seasonal Time Series for Government Data Analysis
  • na.interp: Interpolating Missing Values in Government Datasets
  • naive: Naive Forecasting Method for Government Studies
  • ndiffs: Number of Differences Required for Stationarity in Government Time Series
  • nnetar: Neural Network Time Series Forecasts for Government Data
  • plot.bats: Plotting BATS Model Diagnostics for Government Analysis
  • plot.ets: Plotting ETS Model Diagnostics for Government Datasets
  • plot.forecast: Plotting Forecast Results for Government Use
  • rwf: Random Walk with Drift Forecasting Method for Government Applications
  • seasadj: Seasonal Adjustment of Time Series Data for Government Analysis
  • seasonaldummy: Seasonal Dummy Variables for Government Time Series Models
  • seasonplot: Seasonal Plotting for Government Datasets
  • ses: Simple Exponential Smoothing for Government Data Analysis
  • simulate.ets: Simulating from ETS Models for Government Studies
  • sindexf: Seasonal Index Forecasting for Government Applications
  • splinef: Spline Forecasting Method for Government Data
  • subset.ts: Subsetting Time Series Data for Government Analysis
  • taylor: Taylor's Hourly Electricity Demand Dataset for Government Studies
  • tbats: TBATS Model for Complex Seasonal Time Series in Government Use
  • thetaf: Theta Method Forecasting for Government Data Analysis
  • tsdisplay: Displaying Time Series Plots and Diagnostics for Government Datasets
  • tslm: Linear Model Fitting to Time Series Data for Government Use
  • wineind: Australian Wine Sales Dataset for Government Analysis
  • woolyrnq: Quarterly Wool Production in Australia Dataset for Government Studies

Summary and Next Steps for Government

Requirements

  • Basic general mathematics and statistics skills
  • Programming in any language is recommended but not required

Audience for Government

  • Data analysts
  • Business intelligence professionals
  • Statisticians and researchers involved in forecasting projects
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