Spring 1982

Featured Articles:

• How To Use Akaike Criterion To Automatically Specify And Construct Box-Jenkins Models

  By James Ang, Jess Chua and Ali M. Fatemi

• Regional Demand Patterns Indicate Choice Of Method For National Sales Forecast

  By Nick T. Thomopoulos

• Case Histories Demonstrate Value Of Bayesian Approach In Linear Regression Analysis

  By Frank H. Selto

• Simple Methods Work For Candyman At Peter Paul Cadbury

  By Douglas Newell

• Spotting The Winners, The Losers And Also-Rans Among New Products And New Services

  By Thomas S. O'Conner

• Probabilistic And Decision Tree Approach Cuts 20% Off Cost Of New Plant Construction

  By Michael M. Menke and Jacques P. Pezier

• How To Cope With Realities Or Why Forecasts Go Awry: Good Old Charlie Holds Key

  By Charles W. Gross and Thomas W. Knowles

• How Managers Can Obtain, Recognize And Use 'Good' Forecasts

  By A. Migliaro