topic Forecasting in Statistical Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Forecasting/m-p/171516#M8918 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I am very new to forecasting and was wondering if someone could give me some initial guidance.</P><P>I have to develop a forecasting model taking into account seasonal variations and also special days like public holidays (e.g. a decrease on the day and an increase the day after public holiday).</P><P>Could you please suggest what SAS procedures (+options) are capable of addressing these issues? Could i do it with PROC ESM?</P><P>Could you also suggest any useful articles or other written materials?</P><P></P><P>And finally, is it possible to develop a model which would allow a user to change some model parameters? For example, adding one or more functional units.</P><P></P><P>Thanks a lot</P><P></P><P>Victoria </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:09:04 GMT VS 2014-02-12T07:09:04Z Forecasting https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Forecasting/m-p/171516#M8918 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I am very new to forecasting and was wondering if someone could give me some initial guidance.</P><P>I have to develop a forecasting model taking into account seasonal variations and also special days like public holidays (e.g. a decrease on the day and an increase the day after public holiday).</P><P>Could you please suggest what SAS procedures (+options) are capable of addressing these issues? Could i do it with PROC ESM?</P><P>Could you also suggest any useful articles or other written materials?</P><P></P><P>And finally, is it possible to develop a model which would allow a user to change some model parameters? For example, adding one or more functional units.</P><P></P><P>Thanks a lot</P><P></P><P>Victoria </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:09:04 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Forecasting/m-p/171516#M8918 VS 2014-02-12T07:09:04Z Re: Forecasting https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Forecasting/m-p/171517#M8919 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Have you looked here <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/etsug/66840/HTML/default/viewer.htm#etsug_arima_toc.htm" title="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/etsug/66840/HTML/default/viewer.htm#etsug_arima_toc.htm">SAS/ETS(R) 13.1 User's Guide</A></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Feb 2014 01:09:55 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Statistical-Procedures/Forecasting/m-p/171517#M8919 revi_sas 2014-02-14T01:09:55Z