The number of cans of soft drinks sold in a machine each week is recorded below. Develop forecasts for the period indicated and error calculations. 155, 145, 155, 162, 180, 165, 172, 149, 170, 172 Exponential smoothing. Use Excel Solver to determine the optimum alpha value to minimize MSE and answer: What is the Mean Absolute Error (MAE)? What is the Mean Squared Error (MSE)
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The number of cans of soft drinks sold in a machine each week is recorded below. Develop
155, 145, 155, 162, 180, 165, 172, 149, 170, 172
Exponential smoothing. Use Excel Solver to determine the optimum alpha value to minimize MSE and answer:
What is the Mean Absolute Error (MAE)?
What is the Mean Squared Error (MSE)
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