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Forecasting

large forecasting contests comparing methods across many series, which found simple methods often do as well as complex ones.

In forecasting, M-competitions refers to large forecasting contests comparing methods across many series, which found simple methods often do as well as complex ones. This meaning comes from Makridakis (1982) in Journal of Forecasting.[1]

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References

Makridakis, S., Andersen, A., Carbone, R., Fildes, R., Hibon, M., Lewandowski, R., Newton, J., Parzen, E., & Winkler, R. (1982). The accuracy of extrapolation (time series) methods: Results of a forecasting competition. Journal of Forecasting, 1(2), 111-153. https://doi.org/10.1002/for.3980010202

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