Dr Kandrika Pritularga
LecturerProfile
Kandrika Pritularga is a Lecturer in Management Science at Lancaster University. His research interests are mainly in statistical learning approaches to demand forecasting models, with business and tourism applications.
Topics of interest:
- Demand forecasting and inventory management interface;
- Advanced development of statistical vector forecasting models;
- Shrinkage estimators for single-source-of-error state space models;
- Further development of stability in forecasts and decisions;
- Exploring the concept of forecast trustworthiness;
- Explainable models and forecasts in tourism settings.
For more details: kandrikapritularga.com
Current Teaching
Teaching experiences:
- MSCI212 Statistics for Business
- MSCI381 Business Forecasting
- MSCI242 Spreadsheet Modelling
- MNGT130 Introduction to Business Analytics
- MSCI331 Data Mining for Direct Marketing and Finance (supported by Datacamp)
- MSCI562 Intelligence Data Analysis and Visualisation (supported by Datacamp)
Research Interests
Demand forecasting, statistical learning approaches, forecasting-inventory interfaces, forecast evaluation, and uncertainties in demand forecasting methodologies.
PhD Supervision Interests
Potential PhD students should send an inquiry to Kandrika first before applying to the school. In the inquiry, please include your arguments on why mitigating parameter uncertainty is important for demand forecasting and its subsequent decisions.
Exploring the concept of trustworthy in business forecasting
31/03/2025 → 29/12/2025
Research
- Centre for Health Futures
- Centre for Marketing Analytics & Forecasting