Journal of Healthcare Engineering

Research Article

Comparison of Time Series Methods and Machine Learning Algorithms for Forecasting Taiwan Blood Services Foundation’s Blood Supply

Table 1

2013–2017 TBSF weekly supply summary statistics.
YearDayAverageMin.Max.Standard deviationCoefficient of supply variation (%)
2013Sunday188324618444.68
Monday1,5231731,92828718.84
Tuesday8201541,55820024.39
Wednesday9613271,60625426.43
Thursday1,1272991,59628225.02
Friday1,0394581,95626325.31
Saturday135434626850.37
2014Sunday174314568247.13
Monday1,5256882,32435123.02
Tuesday8583271,93525329.49
Wednesday8571681,47421024.50
Thursday1,238802,04830424.56
Friday1,013842,02731431.00
Saturday1383158710374.64
2015Sunday2003953112663.00
Monday1,5048502,63630320.15
Tuesday8504951,42120023.53
Wednesday85511,46125229.47
Thursday1,3811391,92330922.38
Friday1,0251971,45025324.68
Saturday1643166012274.39
2016Sunday204315429948.53
Monday1,4971622,07333122.11
Tuesday8553721,57223927.95
Wednesday8621461,26419923.09
Thursday1,4395472,64331922.17
Friday1,060812,05830128.40
Saturday146554906947.26
2017Sunday2015052211657.71
Monday1,4452121,96432422.42
Tuesday8883551,50823826.80
Wednesday8882721,65622425.23
Thursday1,3835021,84627319.74
Friday1,159572,06131226.92
Saturday1924167910052.08