Forecasting is the heart of business planning, and human resources planning is no different. Knowing the staffing needs of your small business defines your HR efforts, defining hiring goals for both ...

Ronald L. Iman, Mark E. Johnson and Charles C. Watson,. Jr. Virtually every aspect of hurricane planning and forecasting involves (or should involve!) the science of statistics. The very active 2004 ...

We develop methodology to bridge scenario analysis and risk forecasting, leveraging their respective strengths in policy settings. The methodology, rooted in Bayesian analysis, addresses the ...

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Budget process evolution and maturity in healthcare organizations traditionally has lagged other industries, where leading-edge and data-driven forecasting approaches are currently evolving. Most ...

ESG indices in emerging markets often lack long, transparent historical records, making them difficult to analyze with ...

Nate Silver is an intriguing man. A statistician by training, he developed a system for forecasting baseball performance that has had real influence on how the top teams evaluate potential players.

This is an excerpt of the original article. It was written for the July-August 2017 edition of Supply Chain Management Review. The full article is available to current subscribers. A few years ago, a ...

Sales forecasters balance past sales data with information on market conditions, politics, fashion and even the weather to predict future sales. Sales forecasts thus help business owners plan strategy ...