2 papers
stat.AP2021
Exploring the representativeness of the M5 competition data
Evangelos Theodorou, Shengjie Wang, Yanfei Kang +3
The main objective of the M5 competition, which focused on forecasting the hierarchical unit sales of Walmart, was to evaluate the accuracy and uncertainty of forecasting methods i…
stat.AP2021
The future of forecasting competitions: Design attributes and principles
Spyros Makridakis, Chris Fry, Fotios Petropoulos +1
Forecasting competitions are the equivalent of laboratory experimentation widely used in physical and life sciences. They provide useful, objective information to improve the theor…