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At 04:23 AM 2/5/98 EST, JamesinLA@xxxxxxx wrote:
>Hope someone can help me with this. Maybe I'm the only one who doesn't
>already know this? Anyway, I'm reading an old book about systems and it
talks
>about moving averages in terms of "0.04 exponential average" and "0.20
>exponential", etc. It says the 0.04 average is the equivalent of a 49-day or
>10 week average. Anyway, my question is how is this being computed? Please
>help.
>
>Jim
>
I believe it's talking about the alpha factor. The formula has a factor by
that name which is used to control the "nervousness" or sensitivity. The
larger the alpha the more the recent past influences the average computed.
Pete
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