The IIF Board of Directors is pleased to announce Antonio Garcia-Ferrer, Professor of Econometrics at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, with the title of IIF Fellow, as a distinguished researcher in the field of forecasting. At the International Symposium on Forecasting in June, Antonio was [...]
For the sixteenth year, the IIF, in collaboration with SAS®, is proud to announce financial support for research on improving forecasting methods and business forecasting practice. The award for this year will be (2) $5,000 grants. The deadline date for applications is [...]
A generous donation from Professor Tao Hong has funded this award for papers on energy forecasting published in the International Journal of Forecasting. Every two years the IJF editors select the "best" paper on energy forecasting to have been published in the [...]
ISF 2018 in review. IIF President Gloria González-Rivera The 38th International Symposium on Forecasting was a memorable event for which I would like to thank the Organizing and Program Committees led by Len Tashman, General Chair, and Fotios Petropoulos, Program Chair. This [...]
New Workshop Initiative: Democratising Forecasting, a series of workshops on forecasting using R, offered in developing countries This project aims to ‘train the trainers’ in the form of university students, academics and professionals on the principles of forecasting using R software to support decision making. [...]
We are planning a Special Section on Food and Agriculture Forecasting The fast growing world population brings a critical challenge to humanity: how to ensure adequate supply and access to safe, healthy food. Accurate forecasts provide valuable information to help in formulating national [...]
Press Release 19.06.2018 The M-Competitions and their far-reaching contributions to the Theory and Practice of Forecasting The latest edition (M4) highlights that hybrid approaches and combinations of forecasting methods produce greater accuracy The M4 (Makridakis 4) is the latest edition of the [...]
Forecasting has long been an essential part of OR/MS and is now making a major contribution to the fast-developing area of business analytics. Forecasts are a necessary input into almost all planning decisions, be they long- or short-term, but they are also [...]
The newest Foresight guidebook, Forecast Accuracy Measurement: Pitfalls to Avoid and Practices to Adopt is designed to enhance your use of appropriate practices in forecast accuracy measurement, and to suggest alternatives that may provide new and better insights. Written by top forecasting practitioners, [...]
Alert: International Journal of Forecasting New articles available on ScienceDirect | New Articles in Press, 25 May Forecast quality improvement with Action Research: A success story at PharmaCo Available online 24 May 2018 Christina Jane Phillips, Konstantinos Nikolopoulos Access the ScienceDirect site if [...]