Question: Problem 5: Below is 4 weeks of sales data for a restaurant that is open 5 days a week (Tuesday-Saturday). a. Develop an Exponential Smoothing

Problem 5: Below is 4 weeks of sales data for a restaurant that is open 5 days a week (Tuesday-Saturday). a. Develop an Exponential Smoothing forecast. Use an alpha of .85 and assume the initial forecast for January is 975 b. Calculate the MAD for this forecast.
Actual
Day Demand
Tuesday 975
Wednesday 1225
Thursday 1445
Friday 1750
Saturday 2160
Tuesday 1500
Wednesday 750
Thursday 895
Friday 1500
Saturday 1445
Tuesday 1025
Wednesday 650
Thursday 850
Friday 980
Saturday 1500
Tuesday 750
Wednesday 650
Thursday 985
Friday 1200
Saturday 1460

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