Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Μέθοδος Croston για Διάλειμμα Ζήτησης	Μοντέλο ARIMA (Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average)	Παλινδρόμηση Ελαχίστων Τετραγώνων (OLS)	Η Μέθοδος Theta
Πεδίο	Οικονομετρία	Οικονομετρία	Οικονομετρία	Οικονομετρία
Οικογένεια	Regression model	Regression model	Regression model	Regression model
Έτος προέλευσης	1972	2015	2019	2000
Δημιουργός	J. D. Croston (1972)	Box & Jenkins (Box-Jenkins methodology)	Wooldridge (textbook treatment); classical least squares	Assimakopoulos & Nikolopoulos
Τύπος	Intermittent demand time-series forecasting	Univariate time-series model	Linear regression	Univariate time-series forecasting model
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Croston, J. D. (1972). Forecasting and Stock Control for Intermittent Demands. Operational Research Quarterly, 23(3), 289-303.	Box, G. E. P., Jenkins, G. M., Reinsel, G. C. & Ljung, G. M. (2015). Time Series Analysis: Forecasting and Control (5th ed.). Wiley. ISBN: 978-1118675021	Wooldridge, J. M. (2019). Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach (7th ed.). Cengage Learning. ISBN: 978-1337558860	Assimakopoulos, V. & Nikolopoulos, K. (2000). The Theta Model: A Decomposition Approach to Forecasting. International Journal of Forecasting, 16(4), 521-530.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Croston method, intermittent demand forecasting, Croston Yöntemi — Aralıklı Talep Tahmini	Box-Jenkins model, ARIMA(p,d,q), ARIMA Modeli	ordinary least squares, classical linear regression, linear regression, en küçük kareler regresyonu	theta model, theta forecasting, Theta Yöntemi — M3 Tahmin Yarışması Birincisi
Συναφείς	4	5	5	4
Σύνοψη	Croston's method, introduced by J. D. Croston in 1972, is a time-series forecasting technique built for intermittent demand series in which periods of zero demand are frequent. Instead of forecasting the raw series, it models the size of demand when it occurs and the interval between demand occurrences as two separate processes.	ARIMA is a univariate time-series forecasting model that combines autoregressive, integrated (differencing), and moving-average components to predict a single continuous series from its own past. It is the centrepiece of the Box-Jenkins methodology set out in Box, Jenkins, Reinsel & Ljung's Time Series Analysis (5th ed., 2015).	Ordinary Least Squares is the classical linear regression method that explains a continuous outcome as a linear combination of predictors. It estimates the coefficients by minimising the sum of squared residuals, and under the Gauss-Markov assumptions these estimates are the best linear unbiased estimator (BLUE).	The Theta Method is a univariate time-series forecasting model introduced by Assimakopoulos and Nikolopoulos in 2000. It decomposes a series into two theta lines that capture its long-run trend and its short-run dynamics, forecasts each line separately, and combines them by a weighted average. Its simplicity and accuracy made it the winner of the M3 forecasting competition.