Autoregression Forecast Formula
The formula for Autoregression forecasting is

where

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and

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Graphic: auto_reg_2.gif
IBM® Cognos® PowerPlay® uses Burg's algorithm and a data window (M) equal to half the number of data points to solve these equations.
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