Advances in business and management forecasting. Vol. 8 [electronic resource] / edited by Kenneth D. Lawrence, Ronald K. Klimberg.

Removing systematic bias from demand forecasts / Joanne Utley -- Seasonal influences on electricity demand in the mid-Atlantic region / John F. Kros -- Propane demand modeling for residential sectors : a regression analysis / Nitin Shenoy, Milton Smith -- A multiobjective model for warranty policies integrating product quality, market share, and R&D expenditures / Amitava Mitra, Jayprakash G. Patankar -- Forecasting bank solvency : an emphasis on loan quality / Rebecca Abraham, Charles W. Harrington -- An evaluation of financial analysts and naïve methods in forecasting long-term earnings / Michael Lacina, B. Brian Lee, Randall Zhaohui Xu -- Short-term predictions of the total medical costs of California counties / Gary Kleinman, Dinesh Pai, Kenneth D. Lawrence -- Estimating admissions and discharges for planning purposes : case of an academic health system / Rung-Chuan Lin, Kalyan S. Pasupathy, Mustafa Y. Sir -- Simulation to forecast the impact of electronic medical records and inventory (patient) postponement in developing efficient heath care supply chains / Virginia M. Miori, Daniel J. Miori, Brian W. Segulin -- Forecasting with information from the future / Frenck Waage -- Prediction markets as a forecasting tool / Daniel E. O'Leary -- Forecasting, control, and management of a production system using predictive visual interactive simulation / Rolando Quintana, Mark T. Leung -- Percentage forecasting error : a new forecasting performance measure : how accurate is it? / Ronald K. Klimberg, George P. Sillup, Kevin Boyle.

Advances in Business and Management Forecasting is a blind refereed serial publication published on an annual basis. The objective of this research annual is to present state-of-the-art studies in the application of forecasting methodologies to such areas as sales, marketing, and strategic decision making. (An accurate, robust forecast is critical to effective decision making.) It is the hope and direction of the research annual to become an applications and practitioner-oriented publication. The topics will normally include sales and marketing, forecasting, new product forecasting, judgmentally-based forecasting, the application of surveys to forecasting, forecasting for strategic business decisions, improvements in forecasting accuracy, and sales response models. It is both the hope and direction of the editorial board to stimulate the interest of the practitioners of forecasting to methods and techniques that are relevant.