Passenger miles flown on Northeast Airlines, a commuter firm serving the Boston hub, are as...

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Passenger miles flown on Northeast Airlines, a commuter firm serving the Boston hub, are as follows:

Week Miles (1,000s)

1 17

2 21

3 19

4 23

5 18

6 16

7 20

8 18

9 22

10 20

11 15

12 22

(a) Assuming the initial forecast for week 1 of 17,000 miles, use exponential smoothing to compute miles for weeks 2 through 12. Use a = 0.20.

(b) What is the MAD for this model? MAD = mean absolute deviation

(c) Compute the RSFE and tracking signals. Are they wilthin acceptable limits? RSFE = running sum of forecast errors.

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