Double Exponential Smoothing

Predicted Values - Period

  

In a time series, period is the time unit of the forecast, and the origin of forecasts is, by default, the end of the data.

Example Output

Period  Forecast    Lower    Upper

25        387788   324546   451030

26        393620   318188   469051

27        399452   310644   488260

28        405284   302374   508193

29        411116   293640   528591

30        416948   284595   549300

Interpretation

For the sales data, the time units for the 6 demanded forecasts are the 6 consecutive time units following the 24th observation: 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30.