{"id":471,"date":"2014-06-26T16:26:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T16:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kourentzes.com\/forecasting\/?p=471"},"modified":"2014-07-18T01:42:52","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T01:42:52","slug":"forecasting-society-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kourentzes.com\/forecasting\/2014\/06\/26\/forecasting-society-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Forecasting Society launched!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Together with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/lums\/people\/all\/fotios-petropoulos\/\">Fotios Petropoulos<\/a> we launched a new portal to facilitate judgemental forecasting research. The aim of the <strong>Forecasting Society<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forsoc.net\">www.forsoc.net<\/a>) is to bring together researchers in judgemental forecasting and participants from practice and academia. At the same we hope that it will grow to be a discussion forum to exchange and promote judgemental forecasting ideas and research.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Currently it hosts two two active experiments, one looking at how humans choose between different forecasting models in contrast to statistical methods and the second one investigating the link between the cognitive abilities of forecasters and forecasting capabilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We invite you to host your forecasting experiments at the <strong>Forecasting Society<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forsoc.net\">www.forsoc.net<\/a>) or join as a participant!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Forecasting Society\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forsoc.net\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-472 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/kourentzes.com\/forecasting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/forsoc.1.png\" alt=\"forsoc.1\" width=\"650\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kourentzes.com\/forecasting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/forsoc.1.png 783w, https:\/\/kourentzes.com\/forecasting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/forsoc.1-150x123.png 150w, https:\/\/kourentzes.com\/forecasting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/forsoc.1-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/kourentzes.com\/forecasting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/forsoc.1-660x545.png 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H3>Related Posts<\/H3><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Visitor Arrivals Forecasts amid COVID-19: A Perspective from the Africa Team\" href=\"https:\/\/kourentzes.com\/forecasting\/2021\/07\/09\/visitor-arrivals-forecasts-amid-covid-19-a-perspective-from-the-africa-team\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Visitor Arrivals Forecasts amid COVID-19: A Perspective from the Africa Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"OR62 -The quest for greater forecasting accuracy: Perspectives from Statistics &#038; Machine Learning\" href=\"https:\/\/kourentzes.com\/forecasting\/2020\/10\/20\/or62-forecasting-stream\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">OR62 -The quest for greater forecasting accuracy: Perspectives from Statistics &#038; Machine Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Judgmental Selection of Forecasting Models\" href=\"https:\/\/kourentzes.com\/forecasting\/2018\/06\/20\/judgmental-selection-of-forecasting-models\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Judgmental Selection of Forecasting Models<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Together with Fotios Petropoulos we launched a new portal to facilitate judgemental forecasting research. 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