Larger seed sizes makes cost forecasting less accurate.

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1. The maximum number of responses allowed
2. Larger seed sizes
3. Smaller seed sizes
4. Brief inaccuracy

Constraints on Cost Forecasting

Hotaling, A., &amp; Bagrow, J. P. (2020). Efficient crowdsourcing of crowd-generated microtasks. PLOS ONE, 15(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244245 

Efficient crowdsourcing of crowd-generated microtasks

The maximum number of responses allowed does not have much of an impact on the growth rate for GRI, but it increases the growth at small values for GRII.

Constraints on Cost Forecasting: Maximum Number of Responses

Constraints on Cost Forecasting: Larger Seed Sizes

Smaller seed sizes result in lower growth rates.

Constraints on Cost Forecasting: Smaller Seed Sizes

Under GRII, cost forecasting briefly becomes inaccurate for high budgets.

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