Letter to the editor
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FROM THE EDITORS The JoF is an interdisciplinary journal. A major objective of the journal is to unify the field of forecasting. This means that papers coming from any area dealing with forecasting are being published by the JoF, These areas include, but-are not limited to, the following: Evaluation of various forecasting methodologies Forecasting application in business, government, and the military Judgemental/psychological aspects of forecasting Economic and econometric forecasting Time series forecasting Technological forecasting Organizational and implementation aspects of forecasting Impact of uncertainty on decision making Seasonal adjustments New products forecasting Financial forecasting Production forecasting The JoF is not intended to become a journal publishing technical papers only, or advocating a single approach or area over others. Its purpose is to be truly interdisciplinary. In this respect, papers from all areas of forecasting are welcome. Finally, the interest of the journal in forecasting applications needs to be emphasized. Another major objective of the JoFis to bridge the gap between theory and practice and making the field of forecasting useful and relevant. Practitioners and users of forecasting are, therefore, encouraged t:, submit papers to the JoF. Spyros Makridakis J. Scott Armstrong Robert Carbone Robert Fildes LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Spyros. Congratulations on an excellent journal. The papers being published are first rate: they are technically sound and of real relevance to practitioners. Also, they are written so that people can understand them. 1 suspect that even students will be able to follow much of the material, so that JoFwill have impact on all three vital strands: development of useful methods; demonstration of good practice and practical case-studies; aiding and motivating the training and education of future forecasters-and, I suspect, many of their teachers. Well done. One point, however, to which I would like to draw the attention of your readers and authors (and your editors). Many references are being made to a work of the late Gwilym M. Jenkins, Practical Experiences with Modelling and Forecasting Time Series, which is frequently attributed to GJP Publications. See, for instance, the papers by Paul Newbold and Edward Lusk in J o F Vol. 2, Number 1. Also, in the same issue, David Gregg’s review, last paragraph, page 94. This reference is, I believe, incorrect or (at best) incomplete. The GJP booklet was, in fact, a reprint of Gwilym’s paper, published in a Conference Proceedings which I edited: Forecasting, North- Hol!and, Amsterdam & New York, 1979, pp. 43- 166. Yours sincerely, Oliver Anderson
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FROM THE EDITORS The JoF is an interdisciplinary journal. A major objective of the journal is to unify the field of forecasting. This means that papers coming from any area dealing with forecasting are being published by the JoF, These areas include, but-are not limited to, the following:
Evaluation of various forecasting methodologies Forecasting application in business, government, and the military Judgemental/psychological aspects of forecasting Economic and econometric forecasting Time series forecasting Technological forecasting Organizational and implementation aspects of forecasting Impact of uncertainty on decision making Seasonal adjustments New products forecasting Financial forecasting Production forecasting
The JoF is not intended to become a journal publishing technical papers only, or advocating a single approach or area over others. Its purpose is to be truly interdisciplinary. In this respect, papers from all areas of forecasting are welcome.
Finally, the interest of the journal in forecasting applications needs to be emphasized. Another major objective of the JoFis to bridge the gap between theory and practice and making the field of forecasting useful and relevant. Practitioners and users of forecasting are, therefore, encouraged t:, submit papers to the JoF.
Spyros Makridakis J . Scott Armstrong
Robert Carbone Robert Fildes
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Spyros. Congratulations on an excellent journal. The papers being published are first rate: they are technically sound and of real relevance to practitioners. Also, they are written so that people can understand them. 1 suspect that even students will be able to follow much of the material, so that JoFwill have impact on all three vital strands: development of useful methods; demonstration of good practice and practical case-studies; aiding and motivating the training and education of future forecasters-and, I suspect, many of their teachers. Well done.
One point, however, to which I would like to draw the attention of your readers and authors (and your editors). Many references are being made to a work of the late Gwilym M. Jenkins, Practical Experiences with Modelling and Forecasting Time Series, which is frequently attributed to GJP Publications. See, for instance, the papers by Paul Newbold and Edward Lusk in J o F Vol. 2, Number 1. Also, in the same issue, David Gregg’s review, last paragraph, page 94. This reference is, I believe, incorrect or (at best) incomplete. The GJP booklet was, in fact, a reprint of Gwilym’s paper, published in a Conference Proceedings which I edited: Forecasting, North- Hol!and, Amsterdam & New York, 1979, pp. 43- 166.
Yours sincerely, Oliver Anderson
