alpha smoothing factor

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Definition of alpha smoothing factor in English English dictionary

(Ticaret) In exponential smoothing, the factor used to smooth or filter the data from the most recent period. (ex.- an alpha factor of 0.1 means to give the most recent data period a weighting of 0.1 and the previous period(s) a weighting of 0.9). A higher alpha indicates the future forecast will more closely resemble recent history, and is more likely to vary greatly with each recalculation

Hyphenation

al·pha smoothing fac·tor

Turkish pronunciation

älfı smudhîng fäktır

Pronunciation

/ˈalfə ˈsmo͞oᴛʜəɴɢ ˈfaktər/ /ˈælfə ˈsmuːðɪŋ ˈfæktɜr/