Holt-Winters Double Exponential Smoothing Would Be an Appropriate Method to Use

question 108

True/False

Holt-Winters double exponential smoothing would be an appropriate method to use to forecast a time series that exhibits a linear trend with no seasonal or cyclical patterns.

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