Annual forecasting

Popularity was measured by the number of listener requests for scripts or free bulletins. In the late 1920s, listeners consistently preferred either the annual forecasts of science to come or information about poison ivy treatments by the early 1930s, listeners were asking for scripts and bulletins on the same topics being emphasized in the Daily Mail Report stories - medicine, psychology, and engineering. 36 By September 1929, Science Service s 15-minute news and interview program (called either Radio Talks or Science Service Series in the schedules) had proved to be so successful that it was broadcast from the CBS station in New York City and over thirty network affiliates.37... 

It is very difficult to predict these irregular annual time series, especially when the sample data are insufficient The comparison of annual forecasting results... 

Annual forecasting result generated by the proposed model (category 1 and city 1). 

Table 9.10 Comparison of annual forecasting results (categories 2-4)...

Malaysian Palm Oil Board. Aimual and Forecast of Crude Palm Oil 2013 2014. Available at http // bepi.mpob.gov.my/index.php/statistics/production/125-production-2014/657-annual-forecast-production-of-crude-pahn-oil-2013-2014.html (accessed on 4 September 2015). 

Titanium Tetrachloride. The major use for titanium tetrachloride [7550 5-0] is in titanium dioxide production, and titanium dioxide [13463-67-7] is enjoying strong growth for use as a filler in pulp and paper manufacture and as a pigment in paint and plastic manufacture. Annual growth for this product is forecasted at between 2.5 and 3.0% through 1992. 

Usage Actual 1982 Quantity, 10 t/yi 1987 Forecast, 1992 Average annual growth rate, 1987-1992, %... 

Cellulosics. Rayon and other cellulose products such as cellophane and cellulose ethers (qv) consume 1.9% of U.S. caustic soda demand. Because of competitive products, however, this market has been decreasing since 1965 and forecasted average annual growth through 1992 is less than 0.4% (6) (see Cotton). 

Marketing forecasts for batteries have been compiled from the Annual Reports published by several battery companies. Information based on the trade journals and investor s brochures, which surveyed and evaluated the present and future global distribution of battery types, was collected. Points of interest were the availability of batteries and their performance/cost ratios, but also geographical usage in connection with social considerations, such as per-... 

The sense of crisis around e-waste arises from three considerations. The first is the sheer volume of units of obsolescent electronics - recently 400 million items per year in the USA alone, for example. Next is the fact of e-waste as a global phenomenon, present nearly everywhere there are people. Finally, there is the rate at which the e-waste volume is increasing, 5-10% yearly. China s e-waste will likely overtake the USA s by the year 2020 [3], India anticipates a growth from about 400,000 tons in 2011 to 500,000 in 2012 [4], Indeed, by the year 2030, the developing world is forecast to discard twice the number of personal computers annually as the developed world, some 600 million versus 300 million [5]. 

Although insomnia affects millions of people worldwide, few seek medical advice and only 14% report using sleep aids [9]. Nevertheless, the worldwide insomnia market was estimated at over 2.2 billion in 2004 and is forecast to grow at an annual rate of 10.2%, with the market predicted to approach 3.6 billion in 2009 [10],... 

Normal fire protection practices and standards recommend fire pumps be tested annually to determine performance levels. Common practice in the petroleum industry is to trend the result of flow performance to prepare predictive maintenance and replacement forecasts. Such forecast can predict poor pump performance and prepare measures to implement corrective actions before this occurs. 

Suppose that an investment of 100,000 will earn after-tax profits of 10,000 per year over 20 years. Due to uncertainties in forecasting, however, the projected after-tax profits may be in error by 20 percent. Discuss how you would determine the sensitivity of the rate of return to an error of this type. Would you expect the rate of return to increase by 20 percent of its computed value for a 20-percent increase in annual after-tax profits (i.e., to 12,000) ... 

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