Table of Contents
1Introduction
2Buildingtheforecastingmodel
3Variousforecastingmodels
3.1Curvefittingmodels
3.2Smoothingmodels
3.3Autoregressivemodels
3.4Autoregressiveintegratedmoving
average(ARIMA)models
3.5StatespacemodelswithKalmanFiltering
3.6Regressionmodels
3.7Econometricmodels
4Discontinuitiesintrafficgrowth
4.1Examplesofdiscontinuities
4.2Introductionofexplanatoryvariables
4.3Introductionofdummyvariables
5Assessingmodelspecification
5.1General
5.2Autocorrelation
5.3Testofsignificanceoftheparameters
5.4Validityofexogenousvariables
5.5Confidenceintervals
6Comparisonofalternativeforecastingmodels
6.1DiagnosticcheckModelevaluation
6.2Forecastsoflevelsversusforecasts
ofchanges
6.3Ex-postforecasting
6.4Forecastperformancecriteria
7Choiceofforecastingmodel
7.1Forecastingperformance
7.2Lengthofforecastperiod
ANNEXA-Descriptionofforecastingprocedures
A.1Estimationofautoregressiveparameters
References
Bibliography