Editing Extrapolation (section)

===French curve===

[[French curve]] extrapolation is a method suitable for any distribution that has a tendency to be exponential, but with accelerating or decelerating factors.<ref>[http://www.AIDSCJDUK.info AIDSCJDUK.info Main Index<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> This method has been used successfully in providing forecast projections of the growth of HIV/AIDS in the UK since 1987 and variant CJD in the UK for a number of years. Another study has shown that extrapolation can produce the same quality of forecasting results as more complex forecasting strategies.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Forecasting by Extrapolation: Conclusions from Twenty-Five Years of Research | author = J. Scott Armstrong | journal = Interfaces | volume = 14 | issue = 6 | pages = 52–66 | year = 1984 | doi = 10.1287/inte.14.6.52 | citeseerx = 10.1.1.715.6481 | s2cid = 5805521 | access-date = 2012-01-10 | url = https://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1083&context=marketing_papers }}</ref>