Hierarchical forecasting: The role of information
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层级预测中信息的作用
- 研究问题
- 层级预测协调带来的改进，有多少来自满足聚合约束，又有多少来自组合不同基础预测所携带的信息？
- 方法与思路
- 作者提出基于回归的信息组合方法 IComb，在协调过程中结合不同预测的信息，可借助现有惩罚回归软件实现。
- 材料陈述的贡献
- 摘要称，即使基础预测已满足聚合约束，信息组合仍有改进空间，并通过模拟与既有数据集比较展示该方法的表现。
- 阅读关注点
- 全文应核对不同信息集如何定义和组合、协调约束如何实施，以及历史数据使用、惩罚选择与样本外评估安排。
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原文摘要
In hierarchical forecasting, the process of forecast reconciliation transforms a set of "base" or "raw" forecasts, which do not satisfy the hierarchical aggregation constraints in the real data, into a set of "coherent" forecasts, which do satisfy those constraints. The academic literature provides ample simulation evidence and real-world examples demonstrating the value of forecast reconciliation in improving forecasts of hierarchical time series. This improvement is attributed to the imposition of aggregation constraints. However, this evidence is derived from base forecasts, each generated using a distinct information set, usually the univariate information set corresponding to each time series. Since reconciliation algorithms combine forecasts, it is difficult to determine the extent to which the improvement is due to the imposition of constraints versus the combination of information carried by different forecasts. In this paper, we demonstrate that when base forecasts are based on different information sets and historical data are available, there is scope for improving these forecasts by combining the information that each one carries, even when they are already coherent. We propose a new method, called the information combination (IComb) method, which combines the information content of forecasts during the reconciliation process. The method is regression-based and can be implemented using existing penalised regression packages. We provide simulation evidence to illustrate the role of information sets, as distinct from the role of aggregation constraints, in forecasting hierarchical time series. Finally, we apply our method to datasets previously used in the literature and demonstrate that it achieves superior results compared to traditional approaches.