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Эконометрические модели прогнозирования добычи газа
Econometric models for forecasting natural gas production possess a number of significant advantages over their geological and engineering counterparts. They take into account much fewer factors, are substantially simpler and allow one to quickly formulate forecasts with acceptable accuracy. The results of natural gas production forecasting at OJSC Gazprom’s fields in the Tyumen region are evidence of this. Statistical data based on fixed production assets and cumulative production was taken into account in the calculations, power and exponential functions and regression analysis of time series were used as a mathematical tool.
Analyzing the reasons of financial crises in the book «The Black Swan» N.N. Taleb concludes that modern economic models badly describe reality for they are not able to forecast such crises in advance. We tried to present processes on stock exchange as two random processes one of which happens rather often (regular regime) and the other one - rather rare. Our answer is that if regular processes are correctly recognized with the probability a bit higher than 1/2, this allows to get positive average gain. We believe that this very phenomenon lies in the basis of unwillingness of people to expect crises permanently and to try recognizing them.
ФИНАНСОВЫЕ КРИЗИСЫ, биржа, пуассоновский процесс, financial crises, Stock exchange, Poisson processes
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