Upcoming Workshop:
Principles of Forecasting with R
Date:- 3rd -5th May 2017
Place:- Mathematics Department, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region-IRAQ.
Sponsored by: Salahaddin University- Erbil
The registration has been halted
Instructor
Bahman Rostami-Tabar
Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK
Email: rostami-tabarb@cardiff.ac.uk
Local Organizer Coordinator
1. Director, Khwazbeen Saida Fatah, Mathematics Department, College of Science, Salahaddin University – Erbil, Kurdistan Region/IRAQ.
Email: khwazbeen.fatah@su.edu.krd
2- Member, Swar Omer Ahmed, Mathematics Department, College of Science, Salahaddin University – Erbil, Kurdistan Region/IRAQ.
Email: swar.ahmed@su.edu.krd
3- Member, Evar Lutfalla Sadraddin, Mathematics Department, College of Science, Salahaddin University – Erbil, Kurdistan Region/IRAQ.
Email: evar.sadraddin@su.edu.krd
4- Member, Saman Ahmed Bapir, Mathematics Department, College of Science, Salahaddin University – Erbil, Kurdistan Region/IRAQ.
Email: saman.bapir@su.edu.krd
Please install a recent version of R and RStudio
1. Download and install R: http://www.r-project.org
2. Download and install RStudio: http://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio
The program of the workshop
| Wednesday, 3rd May 2017 | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Registration and welcome |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | R, RStudio, RMarkdown |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Forecasting and decision making |
| 10.30 – 11:00 | Data preparation |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Data exploration |
| 12:15 – 13:00 | Data visualization |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Practical forecasting : an overall view |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Break |
| 15:45 – 17:00 | Reports with RMarkdown |
| Thursday, 4th May 2017 | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Time series components |
| 09:30 – 11:00 | Decomposition and forecasting |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 – 13:00 | Exponential smoothing models |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | ARIMA models |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Break |
| 15:45 – 17:00 | Neural networks and TBATS (Trigonometric Exponential Smoothing) |
| Friday, 5th May 2017 | |
| 09:00 – 11:00 | Regression |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 – 13:00 | Model selection |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Intermittent demand forecasting |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Break |
| 15:45 – 16:45 | Forecasting by aggregation |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Feedbacks, comments |