What is a ‘good’ forecast?

Forecasting
Decision Support
Uncertainty
Social Good
A project sharing talk at the University of Exeter on what makes forecasts useful for decision-making.
Author

Prof. Bahman Rostami-Tabar and Harsha Halgamuwe Hewage

Published

June 10, 2026

What is a 'good' forecast?

A project sharing talk at the University of Exeter on what makes forecasts useful for decision-making.

This talk was prepared for a visit to the University of Exeter to share ongoing project work on what makes a forecast useful in practice. The presentation frames forecasting as more than accuracy, connecting model performance with decision-making, uncertainty, implementation, and social-good outcomes.