[article] 
					| Titre : | 
					Optimal forecasting groups | 
				 
					| Type de document :  | 
					texte imprimé | 
				 
					| Auteurs :  | 
					P. J. Lamberson, Auteur ; Scott E. Page, Auteur | 
				 
					| Année de publication :  | 
					2012 | 
				 
					| Article en page(s) :  | 
					pp. 805-810 | 
				 
					| Note générale :  | 
					Management | 
				 
					| Langues : | 
					Anglais (eng) | 
				 
					| Mots-clés :  | 
					Combining forecasts Optimal groups Information aggregation | 
				 
					| Résumé :  | 
					This paper characterizes the optimal composition of a group for making a combined forecast. In the model, individual forecasters have types defined according to a statistical criterion we call type coherence. Members of the same type have identical expected accuracy, and forecasters within a type have higher covariance than forecasters of different types. We derive the optimal group composition as a function of predictive accuracy, between- and within-type covariance, and group size. Group size plays a critical role in determining the optimal group: in small groups the most accurate type should be in the majority, whereas in large groups the type with the least within-type covariance should dominate. | 
				 
					| DEWEY :  | 
					658 | 
				 
					| ISSN :  | 
					0025-1909 | 
				 
					| En ligne :  | 
					http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/58/4/805.abstract | 
				  in Management science > Vol. 58 N° 4  (Avril 2012) . - pp. 805-810 
 
					[article] Optimal forecasting groups [texte imprimé] /  P. J. Lamberson, Auteur ;  Scott E. Page, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp. 805-810. Management Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Management science >  Vol. 58 N° 4  (Avril 2012) . - pp. 805-810 
					| Mots-clés :  | 
					Combining forecasts Optimal groups Information aggregation | 
				 
					| Résumé :  | 
					This paper characterizes the optimal composition of a group for making a combined forecast. In the model, individual forecasters have types defined according to a statistical criterion we call type coherence. Members of the same type have identical expected accuracy, and forecasters within a type have higher covariance than forecasters of different types. We derive the optimal group composition as a function of predictive accuracy, between- and within-type covariance, and group size. Group size plays a critical role in determining the optimal group: in small groups the most accurate type should be in the majority, whereas in large groups the type with the least within-type covariance should dominate. | 
				 
					| DEWEY :  | 
					658 | 
				 
					| ISSN :  | 
					0025-1909 | 
				 
					| En ligne :  | 
					http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/58/4/805.abstract | 
				 
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