Forecasting the Food Stamp caseload has become increasingly important. One reason is the sheer frequency and magnitude … particularly difficult to forecast. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new method for forecasting Food Stamp caseloads. I … refer to the technique as Markov forecasting because it is motivated by results from the theory of Markov chains. I apply …

provides an appropriate tool for forecasting Chinese business conditions. …

sold through such outlets. Traditional forecasting methods provide no insight into the impact of the service level defined … forecasting system developed provides estimates for excess deliveries and for the expected shortages. The results compare … into the distribution policy, with only small adaptations to the existing forecasting and distribution policy. …