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Forecasting

Interview question

  • midlevel
  • 8 minsuggested time
  • 2Data scientist, Data analyst

A retailer evaluates SKU-store daily demand forecasts with MAPE. Many SKU-days have zero sales. Which metric would you use instead, and why?

Tests: Forecast metric properties: undefined and asymmetric MAPE, WAPE, MASE, pinball loss; matching the metric to the decision and to intermittent series.

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