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Humans-in-the-loop forecasting: integrating data science and business planning

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

For example, proposed forecasts may come from customers, if their forecasts are based on forward-looking information about product and technology plans that would be difficult for the data scientist to extract as inputs into a predictive model. Supply Chain Management: Design, Coordination and Operation, 2003. 5] Graves, S.C.