eightweek period have been 14‚ 9‚ 30‚ 22‚ 34‚ 12‚ 19‚ 23. a. Suppose that three-week moving averages are used to forecast sales. Determine the one-step-ahead forecasts for weeks 4 through 8. b. Suppose that exponential smoothing is used with a smoothing constant of α = 0.15. Find the exponential smoothing forecasts for weeks 4 through 8. c. Based on the MAD‚ which method did better? Solution: a. Week 4 5 6 7 8 b. and c. You may start ES forecast from week 1 or start ES forecast from week 4 using MA(3)
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2012. The effects of this population increase are evident in the increasing poverty‚ unemployment‚ air and water pollution‚ shortage of food‚ health resources and educational resources. With India as an example we will discuss Malthus‚ the population growth theory and see if Malthus theory was maybe mistaken in the past but has some valid aspects today. Thomas Malthus was an English priest and economist who lived during the late 18th Century. He is famous for his theories about population and its increase
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To what extent do political parties promote democracy? (25 marks) Political parties have many functions‚ one of which is to uphold the principles of a democratic political system. A democratic political system is one which involves various features‚ such as a peaceful transition of power from one government to another‚ free and fair regular elections‚ people having open access to independent information‚ government accountability to the people and representative institutions and that the government
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Chapter 6 Microbial Growth 1 Growth • increase in cellular constituents that may result in: – increase in cell number • e.g.‚ when microorganisms reproduce by budding or binary fission – increase in cell size • e.g.‚ coenocytic microorganisms have nuclear divisions that are not accompanied by cell divisions • microbiologists usually study population growth rather than growth of individual cells 2 The Growth Curve • observed when microorganisms are cultivated in batch
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What can I do to promote diversity and equality. • DID YOU KNOW THAT OUR LITERATURE IS AVAILABLE IN ALL OF Treat people as individuals respecting their beliefs and views even when they are different from your own. Seek to treat your work colleagues and service users with dignity and respect at all times. Take into account your colleagues’ and service users’ religious‚ cultural and social needs. Seniors and Managers should ask new staff during their service induction if they have any cultural
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influencing economic growth through a number of channels. The contribution that monetary policy makes to sustainable growth is the maintenance of price stability. Since sustained increase in price levels is adjudged substantially to be a monetary phenomenon‚ monetary policy uses its tools to effectively check money supply with a view to maintaining price stability in the medium to long term. Theory and empirical evidence in the literature suggest that sustainable long term growth is associated with
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to grow. Population growth is heavily attributed to developing nations‚ primarily Africa where it is a cultural norm for women to bear many children to carry on the ancestral blood line. Navaho Indian also embrace a culture of producing many children as a means of repopulating their people. It is typical for a Navahoe female to drop out of school at an early age to procreate. Malthusian theory suggest that unchecked population growth will reach exponential proportions; whereas our vital
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SHC33: Promote equality and inclusion in healthy‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 Explain what is meant by : * Diversity * Equality * Inclusion 1.2 Describe the potential effects of discrimination. 1.3 Explain how inclusive practice promotes equality and supports diversity. 1.1 Diversity: Dictionary meaning: (noun) 1. The quality of being diverse or different‚ difference or unlikeness. 2. A variety‚ diverse types or examples.
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Asian cities have been tended to grow more quickly than Western cities‚ so what makes their growth so phenomenal? The accelerated rate may be attributed to population dynamics‚ economic markets and or/socio-political conditions‚ poor planning and disregarding environmental hazards like flood plains have held them back. Many primate cities in Asia have grown to become megacities‚ and some more are rapidly increasing in size to assume such a status by the end of the century. This is a remarkable phenomenon
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Bibliography: London deanery available at http://www.faculty.londondeanery.ac.uk/e-learning/diversity-equal-opportunities-and-human-rights/what-is-equality-and-diversity (accessed on the 4th October 2012) Meggit‚C.Kamen‚T.Bruce‚K.Grenier‚J.(2011)children and young people’s workforce.1st edition.London;Hodder Education.
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