2016 .... Cited in Gartner' 2016 Hype Cycle Report "on the rise" due to our work in the area of Probability Management
Launched Autobox Integrated into R
Extended Simulated Forecasts to Causal Modeling
2015 .... Added a new class of data called "Simulated Forecasts" which is distribution of forecasts expanding the point forecast Compatibility of output with Probabilitymanagement's Sipmath Tools
Added Compatibility of output with BI Tools like Tableau, Spotfire, Qliq
Launch of Autobox integrated into LLamasoft
2014 .... Launched Autobox Cloud Collaborative Forecasting integrating parallel processing, MAPE tracking, Collaboration, Databases into the Web.
Added the option to report Price Elasticities to Autobox 7.0 Command Line version
2013 .... .NET version using 32/64 bit creating a 4x increase in speed
2012 .... Can we make the month end number? A report added showing a table of probabilities to interpolate from
Added Variance Change Detection Report highlighting where the variance changed
Added Parameter Change Detection Report highlighting where the parameters had changed
3)Forecast Monitoring Report compares the Autobox forecast vs a simple method to check that Autobox has a reasonable forecast
2011 .... Added ability to read and write directly to Excel files in Batch version for univariate problems
2010 .... Added Five Exception Reports to the Batch System
1)Trend Report highlighting where a trend has occurred in history
2)Level Shift Report highlighting where a level shift has occurred in history
3)Forecast Monitoring Report compares the Autobox forecast vs a simple method to check that Autobox has a reasonable forecast
4)Forecasting Fit Exception Report compares the Fitted MAPE for the Autobox model vs a naive and mean model to check that Autobox has built a reasonable model
5)Measuring Accuracy(MAPE) by Withholding Observations allows users to track what the forecast accruacy would have been by withholding observations one by one and rerunning Autobox
Added "Dynamic Promotion Response" where Promotion has big impact and then decays over time
Added Report with the Probability of making the month end number for daily data(canwe report)
2010 .... Added ACF Original and Residual Graphs
2009 .... Mixed-Frequency Suite launched for Interval (ie hourly, semi-hourly data) forecasting
2009 .... Added an adjustment variable for when a holiday falls on a weekend and Fixed Days of Month
2009 .... Added a Pulse Report and Level Shift Report for the Batch version that provides a macro view as to what unusual changes are occurring in the data
2009 .... 30 day free trial release
2008 .... Excel compatible Batch version released
2008 .... Interactive Batch version released
2008 .... Autobox 6.0 is released
2006 .... Week of the year, Day of the week, Day of the month effects incorporated
2004 .... Intermittent Demand modelling approach using a Transfer function methodology is developed
2002 .... FreeFore is released as a FREEWARE version of AUTOBOX
2002 .... AUTOBOX is ported to Linux
2001 .... Selected as the Best Dedicated Forecasting Package in Principles of Forecasting textbook
2000 .... Offered Combined Modeling
2000 .... Intermittent Demand modelling approach using a Transfer function methodology is developed
2000 .... Established contracts with Vizability, JustEnough, 3DGraphics, Onttargetech
1999 .... Received special honors from the M3 Competition
1998 .... Autobox 5.0 released
1998 .... i2 integrates AUTOBOX into their Demand Planning System "PLANNER"
1997 .... Added Local Time Trend Detection Algorithm
1996 .... AUTOBOX 4.0 used in Quality Control Systems
1996 .... AUTOBOX 4.0 for Windows introduced
1994 .... Pooled Cross-Sectional Time Series introduced
1993 .... Constancy of Parameters/Model test introduced/ Swiss Government signs on to use AUTOBOX to screen data
1992 .... Variance Change Detection introduced
1991 .... AUTOBOX 3.0 incorporating a sophisticated proprietary database system is introduced. Installation of ENGINE version into Anheuser- Busch's Production System.
1988 .... Automatic Intervention Detection incorporated into procedures .... AUTOBOX 2.0
1986 .... AUTOBOX 1.0 integrating AUTOBJ and Automatic Transfer-Function (CAUSAL) becomes available
1983 .... AUTOBJ converted to DOS based machines
1976 .... AUTOBJ is the first to market software package delivered as an application on the most popular time-sharing systems with Automatic Univariate ARIMA
Interactive Data Corporation (PROBE) - IBM equipment
Compuserve - DEC equipment
Computer Science Corporation (INFONET) - IBM equipment
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