Question: Muhammad has used Exponential Smoothing (ES) with smoothing parameter = 0.15 for the time series below. Unfortunately, due to a printing error, all but one

Muhammad has used Exponential Smoothing (ES) with smoothing parameter = 0.15 for the time series below. Unfortunately, due to a printing error, all but one of his forecasts are missing from the table. You may assume that Muhammads forecast for week 5 is correct. Re-calculate Muhammads forecasts (using ES( = 0.15)) for weeks 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 and briefly explain your approach.

Week 3 4 5 6 7 8
Demand 85 100 110 90 85
Forecast ? ? 105 ? ? ?

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