OR/MS Today - February 2003 - Forecasting Software Survey

<BODY bgcolor="#ffffff" link="cc0000" vlink="cc0000" text="#000000"> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=1 border=0><br>  <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=480><tr valign=top> <td width=10><img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 hspace=4 border=0></td> <td width=470><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2"> <img src="../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=5 border=0><br> <FONT face="verdana, arial, helvetica" SIZE=2><B><I><A HREF="../../../ORMS.shtml" TARGET="_top">OR/MS Today</A></I></B></font><BR> <hr size="1"> <img src="cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=4 border=0><br> <p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="5"><B>2003 Forecasting Software Survey</B></font></P> <P>The information in the survey that follows was provided by the vendors in response to a questionnaire developed by Jack Yurkiewicz. The survey should not be considered as comprehensive, but rather as a representation of available forecasting packages. Questionnaires were sent to vendors drawn from previous survey participants, the <I>OR/MS Today</I> database and other sources. It includes the products of those vendors who responded by the deadline. If you know of a forecasting package that is not in this survey, please contact Patton McGinley at (770) 431-0867, ext. 214 or e-mail them to <A HREF="mailto:patton@lionhrtpub.com">patton@lionhrtpub.com</A>. They will be included in an online version.<br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> Be sure to read <A HREF="../../orms-2-03/frsurvey.html" TARGET="_top">the accompanying article</A>.<br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> The survey is divided into 12 separate pages. Following is an index of the pages and the information they contain:<br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=3 border=0><br> <B><A HREF="fss1.html">Page 1</A></B><br> <B>Publisher</B><BR> <B>Operating Systems</B><br> <B>Software Capabilities: </B>Automatic, Semi-automatic, Manual<br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=3 border=0><br> <B><A HREF="fss2.html">Page 2</A></B><br> <B>Data Entry:</B> Maximum number of observations in time series<BR> <B>Import:</B> Reads Excel XP (2002) files, If Not, What Modifications Must be Made?, Additional Import File Formats Available?<br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=3 border=0><br> <B><A HREF="fss3.html">Page 3</A></B><br> <B>Exports:</B> Exports Output to Excel Files, Exports Sessions, Exports Graphics (Formats)<br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=3 border=0><br> <B><A HREF="fss4.html">Page 4</A></B><br> <B>Graphics Types:</B> Time-series Plot, Scatter Diagram, Forecast Plot, Autocorrelation Partial, Autocorrelation Function, Residual Plot, Bar, Pie, Other Business Chart, Others<br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=3 border=0><br> <B><A HREF="fss5.html">Page 5</A></B><br> <B>Techniques Available:<br> - Exponential Smoothing:</B><br> Brown's Simple, Brown's Double, Brown's Triple, Holt's Two-Parameter Method, Winter's Three Parameter Method, <br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=3 border=0><br> <B><A HREF="fss6.html">Page 6</A></B><br> <B>Techniques Available (continued):<br> - Exponential Smoothing (continued):</B><br> Adaptive response rate,Harrison's Harmonic Smoothing, Damped Trend, Prgm. Finds Optimal Parameters, Parameters Outside Zero-one Int.<br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=3 border=0><br> <B><A HREF="fss7.html">Page 7</A></B><br> <B>Techniques Available (continued):<br> - Time Series Decomposition:</B><BR> Moving Average Methods, Classical Decomposition, Census Bureau Methods<BR> - <B>Box-Jenkins (ARIMA):</B> <BR> Prgm. Recommends Opt. Model<br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=3 border=0><br> <B><A HREF="fss8.html">Page 8</A></B><br> <B>Techniques Available (continued):<br> - Regression:</B> <BR> Maximum Number of Independent Variables, Maximum Number of Observations, Other models - Nonlinear Regression Models, Other models - Dynamic Regression<BR> <B>- Other Univariate Techniques:</B> <BR> Trend Analysis, If yes, name type of trend curves<br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=3 border=0><br> <B><A HREF="fss9.html">Page 9</A></B><br> <B>Techniques Available (continued):<br> - Multivariate Techniques:</B><br> Spectral Analysis, Kalman Filter, Fourier Analysis, State Space Models, Transfer Function Model, Interventional Analysis, SABL, Neural Networks, Others?<br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=3 border=0><br> <B><A HREF="fss10.html">Page 10</A></B><br> <B>Documentation:</B><br> On-line Help, On-line Tutorial, Printed Documentation Offers Forecasting Advice<BR> <B>Price:</B><br> Commercial, Student, Educational, Downloadable "Time-Limited" Evaluation Version<br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=3 border=0><br> <B><A HREF="fss11.html">Page 11</A></B><br> <B>New Features</B> (since Feb. 2000))<br> <B>Comments</B><br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> <A HREF="vendor.html"><B>Vendor List</B></A><br> <img src="../../cleardot.gif" width=1 height=1 vspace=6 border=0><br> The survey appeared in the February 2003 issue of <I>OR/MS Today</I>. 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