Exploring the representativeness of the M5 competition data

no code implementations • 4 Mar 2021 • Evangelos Theodorou, Shengjie Wang, Yanfei Kang, Evangelos Spiliotis, Spyros Makridakis, Vassilios Assimakopoulos

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 in the field in order to identify best practices and highlight their practical implications.

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The future of forecasting competitions: Design attributes and principles

no code implementations • 9 Feb 2021 • Spyros Makridakis, Chris Fry, Fotios Petropoulos, Evangelos Spiliotis

Forecasting competitions are the equivalent of laboratory experimentation widely used in physical and life sciences.

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