we developed a decision support system for forecasting fossil fuel production by applying regression, Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA), and Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) methods to the historical data from 1950 to 2003 in a comparative manner. The method proposed in that study integrated the
models obtained from each method by using some decision parameters related to goodness-of-fit or confidence interval, behavior of the curve, and reserves.
The studies on energy demand forecasting in Turkey dates back to 1960s. The tradition of energy forecasting by
using simple regression techniques was initiated by the
State Planning Organization (SPO). Similar studies later
have been continued by the Ministry of Energy and
Natural Resources of Turkey (MENR) and a number of
academicians. These early forecasts consistently predicted
much higher values than the consumptions that actually
occurred