Analysis of the Impact of Different Forecasting Techniques on the Inventory Bullwhip Effect in Two Parallel Supply Chains with a Competition Effect

Table 1

Relevant parameters and explanations.

Parameters	Explanations
	Retailer-one (R1) potential market demand
	Retailer-two (R2) potential market demand
	R1 self-price sensitivity coefficient
	R1 cross-price sensitivity coefficient
	R2 self-price sensitivity coefficient
	R2 cross-price sensitivity coefficient
	The probabilities that customers will choose R1’s product
	The probabilities for customers choosing R2’s product
	R1 price autoregressive coefficient
	R2 price autoregressive coefficient
	The expectation of
	The expectation of
	The variance of
	The variance of
	The expectation of
	The expectation of
	The variance of
	The variance of
	R1 order quantity
	R2 order quantity
	R1 lead time
	R2 lead time
	The estimate of the standard deviation of the period forecast error of R1
	The estimate of the standard deviation of the period forecast error of R2
	R1 mean lead-time demand
	R2 mean lead-time demand
	R1 inventory level
	R2 inventory level
	Smoothing constant
k	The moving average period