Table $13\mathrm{.}3$: Patient Demand at a Health Care Facility Chapter$-13-$Example$-8-$Forecast Error Measures$-3-$period Moving Average Chapter$-13-$Example$-11-$Forecast Error Measures$-$Exponential Smoothing

Week Number of Patients Week Number of Patients $($At$)3-$Period MA$-$Forecasts $($Ft$)($At $-$ Ft$)$ Bias $$At $-$ Ft$$ MAD $($At $-$ Ft$)2$ MSE $($At $-$ Ft$/$At$)*100$ MAPE Week Number of Patients $($At$)$ EXP.Smoothing$-$Forecasts $($Ft$)(\backslash$alpha $=0\mathrm{.}3)($At $-$ Ft$)$ Bias $$At $-$ Ft$$ MAD $($At $-$ Ft$)2$ MSE $($At $-$ Ft$/$At$)*100$ MAPE

$177$

$283$

$389$

$492492492$

$599599599$

$610861086108$

$712271227122$

$811581158115$

$912291229122$

$101071010710107$

$119411941194$

$129412941294$

$138813881388$

$141001410014100$

$151101511015110$

Total Total