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Exponential Smoothing

A forecasting method that weights observations with exponentially decreasing weights, with variants for trend (Holt) and seasonality (Holt-Winters).

Definition

The smoothing parameter α controls how quickly the model reacts to change. Tableau's built-in forecasting uses exponential smoothing models.

Exam tip

Tableau forecasting = exponential smoothing.

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