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Probabilistic Methods for Long-Term Demand Forecasting for Aviation Production Planning
Proceedings of the 2017 IISE Annual Conference and Expo
  • Minxiang Zhang, Iowa State University
  • Cameron A. MacKenzie, Iowa State University
  • Caroline Krejci, Iowa State University
  • John K. Jackman, Iowa State University
  • Guiping Hu, Iowa State University
  • Charles Y. Hu, Boeing Research & Technology
  • Gabriel A. Burnett, Boeing Research & Technology
  • Adam A. Graunke, Boeing Research & Technology
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Conference Title
IISE Annual Conference and Expo
Conference Date
May 20-23, 2017
Geolocation
(40.44062479999999, -79.99588640000002)
Abstract

The aviation industry represents a complex system with low-volume high-value manufacturing, long lead times, large capital investments, and highly variable demand. Making important decisions with intensive capital investments requires accurate forecasting of future demand. However, this can be challenging because of significant variability in future scenarios. The use of probabilistic methods such as Brownian motion in forecasting has been well studied especially in the financial industry. Applying these probabilistic methods to forecast demand in the aerospace industry can be problematic because of the independence assumptions and no consideration of production system in these models. We used two forecasting models based on stochastic processes to forecast demand for commercial aircraft models. A modified Brownian motion model was developed to account for dependency between observations. Geometric Brownian motion at different starting points was used to accurately account for increasing variation. The modified Brownian motion and the geometric Brownian motion models were used to forecast demand for aircraft production in the next 20 years.

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This proceeding is published as Zhang, Minxiang, Cameron A. MacKenzie, Caroline Krejci, John Jackman, Guiping Hu, Charles Y. Hu, Gabriel A. Burnett, and Adam A. Graunke. "Probabilistic methods for long-term demand forecasting for aviation production planning." In Proceedings of the 2017 IISE Annual Conference and Expo. May 20-23, 2017. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Posted with permission.

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IISE
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Minxiang Zhang, Cameron A. MacKenzie, Caroline Krejci, John K. Jackman, et al.. "Probabilistic Methods for Long-Term Demand Forecasting for Aviation Production Planning" Pittsburgh, PAProceedings of the 2017 IISE Annual Conference and Expo (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john_jackman/32/