International Symposium on Forecasting 2011: Prague

26 July 2010 -The 31st International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF) will take place in Prague from June 26-29, 2011. As the premier, international forecasting conference, the ISF provides the opportunity to... Read more

Predicting elections using the big issue

23 July 2010 - Andreas Graefe and Scott Armstrong developed a model for forecasting U.S. Presidential Elections based on perceptions of how candidates would handle the big issue of the time. The... Read more

SAS/IIF Grant to Promote Research on Forecasting

13 July 2010 -The deadline for applications for these grants is rapidly approaching. New visitors to the ForPrin.com site might be interested to know that our major sponsor, the International Institute of... Read more

Webinar on forecasting a product hierarchy

09 July 2010 - Eric Stellwagen of Business Forecast Systems, Inc. will present a free Webinar concerning "Considerations for Effectively Forecasting a Product Hierarchy" on July 21 at 2 PM ET.... Read more

Update on IARPA judgmental forecasting program

01 July 2010 - IARPA's Aggregative Contingent Estimation (ACE) Program seeks to develop and test methods for generating accurate and timely probabilistic forecasts, leading indicators, and early warning for... Read more

Test your forecasting knowledge

20 June 2010 -For those of you who would like to check or extend your knowledge on specific forecasting methods, we have added a new page titled Self-administered Tests of Forecasting Knowledge. The page is a work... Read more

Frequently asked questions about forecasting

19 June 2010 -Andreas Graefe has helped Scott Armstrong and Kesten Green to update ForPrin.com's answers to Frequently Asked Questions (or FAQs) about forecasting. There are many changes throughout the FAQs, but... Read more

Demand forecasting presentation

12 June 2010 -Forecasting demand for products and services is a major concern of businesses and of governments, yet there is much room for improvement in usual practice. We have added a link to a presentation by... Read more

Index method defined

11 June 2010 - A new definition has been added to the Forecasting Dictionary. The definition is of the index method; a somewhat neglected forecasting method that dates at least from Benjamin Franklin's time... Read more

Wow! ForPrin.com visits reach 3 million

31 May 2010 -On December 6, 2009, the number of visits to ForPrin.com exceeded 2 million. Visits have, as at May 30 2010, now exceeded 3 million. This equates to an average of more than 5,700 visits a day or more... Read more

Previous news

Translation Tool