Definition:Forecast Function

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Definition

Let $T$ be a time series.

Let $S$ denote the range of $T$.

Let $L$ denote the set of lead times of $T$.

Let $t$ denote the origin of $T$.


A forecast function $\hat z_t : L \to S$ is a function which provides forecasts of the future values of $T$ at the lead times $L$.

The objective is to make the mean squares of the deviations $z_{t + l} - \map {\hat z_t} l$ as small as possible for each lead time $l$.


In the above:

$\map {\hat z_t} l$ denotes the forecast value of the observation at the timestamp of lead time $l$
$z_{t + l}$ denotes the actual value of the observation at the timestamp of $l$.


Sources

$1$: Introduction:
$1.1$ Four Important Practical Problems:
$1.1.1$ Forecasting Time Series