(Reproduced from the Hyndsight blog) The following papers have been nominated for the best paper published in the International Journal of Forecasting in 2012-2013. I have included an excerpt from the nomination in each case. The papers in bold have been short-listed [...]
Following the recent 2015 elections for the IIF Board of Directors, we are delighted to announce the results of the successful candidates elected onto the IIF Board. The elected directors are: Gloria Gonzalez-Rivera, University of California, Riverside Stephan Kolassa, SAP AG Pilar Poncela, [...]
Editor Len Tashman's Preview of the Spring issue of Foresight The Special Feature article of this 37th issue of Foresight – From Sales and OperationsPlanning to Business Integration – comes about through a rare but effective collaboration between an academic and a [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Pam Stroud, Business Director International Institute of Forecasters +1.781.234.4077 isf@forecasters.org https://forecasters.org Frontiers in Forecasting 35th International Symposium on Forecasting, June 21-24, 2015 in Riverside, California Boston, MA, March 2, 2015 – Integrating academic research into practical applications is [...]
When there is uncertainty, forecasts are bound to be wrong. A good forecast is one that is better than guessing. Better still is a forecast that is expected to be more accurate than others, and that comes with an estimate of how [...]
(This post is syndicated from Hyndsight, the blog of IJF Editor-in-Chief, Rob J Hyndman) Today, there is a change in editors at the International Journal of Forecasting. Paul Goodwin is retiring from the editorial board, and Dilek Önkal is taking his place. [...]
Demand uncertainty is among the biggest forecasting challenges, causing companies to invest in new software and implement new methods that they may not really need. Foresight's new guidebook, Techniques for Forecasting Product and Temporal Hierarchies explores using data's hierarchical characteristics to reduce supply chain [...]
Foresight kicks off its 10th year with the publication of a new survey of business forecasters: Improving Forecast Quality in Practice. This ongoing survey, designed at the Lancaster Centre for Forecasting in the UK, seeks to gain insights on where the emphasis [...]
, ex-president of the IIF and Distinguished Professor of Management Science at Lancaster University Management School, has been awarded the Beale Medal, the Operational Research Society’s highest accolade. The award was presented at the Society’s annual Awards Ceremony in London on 26 [...]
The Year in Review | Mohsen Hamoudia, IIF President This is the quietest time of the year for the IIF and, in three weeks, we are going to welcome a new year. So, it is time to briefly review 2014 activities and [...]