Includes bibliographical references.

Removing systematic bias from demand forecasts / Joanne Utley -- Seasonal influences on electricity demand in the Mid-Atlantic region / John F. Kros -- Propane demand modeling for residential sectors: a regression analysis / Nitin Shenoy and Milton Smith -- A multiobjective model for warranty policies integrating product quality, market share, and R&D expenditures / Amitava Mitra and Jayprakash G. Patankar -- Forecasting bank solvency: an emphasis on loan quality / Rebecca Abraham and Charles W. Harrington, Jr. -- An evaluation of financial analysts and naïve methods in forecasting long-term earnings / Michael Lacina, B. Brian Lee and Randall Zhaohui Xu -- Short-term predictions of the total medical costs of California counties / Gary Kleinman, Dinesh Pai and Kenneth D. Lawrence -- Estimating admissions and discharges for planning purposes-case of an academic health system / Rung-Chuan Lin, Kalyan S. Pasupathy and Mustafa Y. Sir -- Simulation to forecast the impact of electronic medical records and inventory (patient) postponement in developing efficient health care supply chains / Virginia M. Miori, Daniel J. Miori and Brian W. Segulin -- Forecasting with information from the future / Frenck Waage -- Prediction markets as a forecasting tool / Daniel E. O'Leary -- Forecasting, control, and management of a production system using predictive visual interactive simulation / Rolando Quintana and Mark T. Leung -- Percentage forecasting error: a new forecasting performance measure-how accurate is it? / Ronald K. Klimberg, George P. Sillup and Kevin Boyle.