[R] need help please (HoltWinters function)

[rkevinburton at charter.net]

Does anyone have perhaps a PDF version of the two papers written about this algorithm? I would like to avoid a trip to the library.

Thank you.

Kevin

---- jeff_lc <jeffersonjeff at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> every time i try to run HoltWinters i get this error message:
> 
> > HoltWinters(z, seasonal="additive")
> Error in decompose(ts(x[1:wind], start = start(x), frequency = f), seasonal)
> : 
>   time series has no or less than 3 periods
> 
> what's going on? somebody please help me.
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