Case Study: The client needs to cleanse their data not forecast. In order to have accurate reporting by Canton (County), they use Autobox to identify pulses and level shifts and the historical data is restated without these effects.

Business Problem: How to determine how many samples to give to a doctor. Sales Reps call on doctor’s to discuss their drug with scientific discussions on why their drug is better. They also leave behind samples for the doctor to distribute to make it easier for them to adopt their product.

Natural Effects: Describes how one can incorporate weather information into a forecasting model to improve the accuracy of demand forecasts …it is preferable to use weather forecasts which are objectively (not subjectively) derived … explains the findings of a study of consumer products company where weather information was used to forecast demand.

Presentation: Using a time-series Box-Jenkins approach for forecasting.

Case Study: In this paper, we attempt to use the techniques of the historical-descriptive approach to doing science in the context of our own and other research on climate change and biological production in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. In particular, we explore attempts to detect and understand rapid shifts in the abundance and distribution of two major components - salmon and zooplankton - of the large marine ecosystem of the Gulf of Alaska.