/* Double Moving Average Smoothing */
/* (Forecast Smoothing) */
new; cls;
let data[12,1]=
23
25
36
31
26
28
48
36
31
42
53
43
;
t=seqa(1,1,rows(data));

library pgraph;
graphset;
_pltype=6;
_plegctl=1;
_plegstr="actual\000predicted";
title("Double Moving Average");
k=4;
xy(t,data~dma(data,k));



proc dma(x,k);
   local n,m1,m2,m,i;
   n=rows(x);
   m1=zeros(n,1);
   m1[1]=x[1];
   i=2;
   do while i<=n;
      if i<=k;
         m1[i]=sumc(x[1:i-1])/(i-1);
      else;
         m1[i]=sumc(x[i-k:i-1])/k;
      endif;
      i=i+1;
   endo;
   m2=zeros(n,1);
   m2[1]=m1[1];
   i=2;
   do while i<=n;
      if i<=k;
         m2[i]=sumc(m1[1:i-1])/(i-1);
      else;
         m2[i]=sumc(m1[i-k:i-1])/k;
      endif;
      i=i+1;
   endo;
   m=m1*2-m2;
   retp(m);
endp;