forecasting
31Political forecasting — aims at predicting the outcome of elections. Models include: Opinion polls Polls are an integral part of political forecasting. However, incorporating poll results into political forecasting models can cause problems in predicting the outcome of… …
32Land use forecasting — undertakes to project the distribution and intensity of trip generating activities in the urban area. In practice, land use models are demand driven, using as inputs the aggregate information on growth produced by an aggregate economic… …
33Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment — (CPFR) is a concept that aims to enhance supply chain integration by supporting and assisting joint practices. CPFR seeks cooperative management of inventory through joint visibility and replenishment of products throughout the supply chain.… …
34Transportation forecasting — is the process of estimating the number of vehicles or travelers that will use a specific transportation facility in the future. A forecast estimates, for instance, the number of vehicles on a planned freeway or bridge, the ridership on a railway …
35Tropical cyclone track forecasting — involves predicting where a tropical cyclone is going to track over the next five days, every 6 to 12 hours. The history of tropical cyclone track forecasting has evolved from a single station approach to a comprehensive approach which uses a… …
36Probabilistic forecasting — is a technique for weather forecasting which relies on different methods to establish an event occurrence/magnitude probability. This differs substantially from giving a definite information on the occurrence/magnitude (or not) of the same event …
37Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting model — [ Hurricane Katrina heading for New Orleans in 2005.] The Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model is a specialized version of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model and is used to forecast the track and intensity of… …
38Collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment — Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) is a concept that aims to enhance supply chain integration by supporting and assisting joint practices. CPFR seeks cooperative management of inventory through joint visibility and… …
39Flood forecasting — is the use of real time precipitation and streamflow data in rainfall runoff and streamflow routing models to forecast flow rates and water levels for periods ranging from a few hours to days ahead, depending on the size of the watershed or river …
40Power price forecasting — (also referred to as electricity price forecasting) is simply the process of using mathematical models to predict what power prices will be in the future given your assumption of the inputs. Forecasting methodology Driving factors Everything from …
