CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS IN TODAY'S ECONOMIC FORECASTS
Keywords:
time series forecasting, symmetric mean absolute percentage error, machine learning, forecasting model adequacy, overfitting, underfittingAbstract
The purpose of the publication is to present to the academic community and practitioners in our country the achieved forecast accuracy in the economic field by applying various modern methods. The main challenges and problems related to time series forecasting and the adequacy of the forecasting models are considered.
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