Application of Time Series Analysis to Forecast Hom Thong Banana Price in Thailand
摘要
Hom Thong banana is an economically major climacteric fruit for local and export markets worldwide, a database for planning the Hom Thong banana corresponding to the price variation is very important. This research aims to apply time series analysis techniques to forecast the price of Hom Thong bananas in Thailand. We analyze the time series data of quarterly Hom Thong banana farm gate prices which are collected from Office of Agricultural Economics over consecutive quarters from the first quarter of 2005 to the fourth quarter of 2023. Three forecasting models are considered to be fitted to the data, including the additive winter’s model, the seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average