| Product |
Techniques Available |
| Multivariate Techniques |
| Spectral Analysis |
Kalman Filter |
Fourier Analysis |
State Space Models |
Transfer Function Model |
Inter-
vention Analysis |
Econo-
metric Models |
SABL |
Neural Net-
works |
Others? |
For additional capabilities, does software auto- matically find the optimal model? |
| Autobox 6.0 |
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y |
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y |
y |
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Level Shifts, Pulses, Seasonal Pulses, Local Time Trends can be detected and adjusted automatically - Intermittent Demand - Constancy of Parameters and Variance |
y |
| Forecast Pro TRAC |
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y |
event-index models, top-down approaches |
y |
| Forecast Pro XE |
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event-index models, discrete data models, Croston's Intermittent Demand |
y |
| iData |
y |
y |
y |
y |
y |
y |
y |
y |
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| JMP 8 |
y |
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y |
y |
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y |
Data Mining, Survival/Reliability, PCA, PLS, Cluster, Discriminant, Choice, DOE |
y |
| Minitab 16 Statistical Software |
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| NCSS 2007 |
y |
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y |
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| PSI Planner for Windows |
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Best Method forecasting (similar to Focus Forecasting; picks most accurate forecast of recent history using PSI Planner methods) |
y |
| RoadMap Global Planning Solution |
y |
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y |
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Croston's and Other Intermittent Demand Models |
y |
| RoadMap in a Box |
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Web Collaboration |
y |
| SAS Forecast Server |
y |
y |
y |
y |
y |
y |
y |
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Intermittent demand models, unobserved component models, ARIMAX, dynamic regression, neural networks through Enterprise Miner |
y |
| SCA Statistical System |
y |
y |
y |
y |
y |
y |
y |
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GAM, MARSpline, ACE, Projection Pursuit, ASTAR, TAR, Threshold, GARCH, etc. |
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| SmartForecasts |
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Smart-Willemain method for intermittent demand
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y |
| Smoothie |
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| SPSS Forecasting |
y |
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y |
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y |
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y |
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| STATGRAPHICS Centurion |
y |
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y |
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y |
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y |
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y |
| STATGRAPHICS Web Services |
y |
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y |
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y |
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y |
| SYSTAT 13 |
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y |
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SYSTAT can do Andrews Fourier Plot, and Fourier transforms in time series. |
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| The DecisionTools Suite 5.5 |
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y |
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| Vanguard System |
y |
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y |
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y |
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y |
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y |
