Université de Fribourg

Using stagger charts to improve the accuracy of demand forecasts

Ramosaj, Agneta ; Widmer, Marino

(Internal working papers DIUF ; 20-01)

Nowadays, no business organization can avoid the need for accurate demand forecasting. It helps make the right decisions at every level, strategic or operational, and it is the center of financial simulation or procurement decisions in terms of production. A way to depict company forecasts could be provided by a stagger chart, a visual tool that is easy to implement and is understandable at each...

Université de Fribourg

How is my partner feeling in different daily-life settings? Accuracy of spouses' judgements about their partner's feelings at work and at home

Wilhelm, Peter ; Perrez, Meinrad

In: Social indicators research, 2004, vol. 67, p. 183-246

How accurately do spouses know their partner’s feelings when the partner is not physically present, but in a specific setting (at work, or at home)? This question addresses a special kind of empathic inference that relies mainly on content knowledge and projection rather than perception. We answered this question using a computer assisted diary approach.