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A demand forecasting system uses Holt-Winters with optimized smoothing parameters. Consider the following statements.
I. A high α generally makes the level component more responsive to recent observations.
II. A low β guarantees that future forecasts will have almost no trend.
III. A low γ makes the seasonal component update more slowly.
IV. Optimizing α, β and γ guarantees the lowest possible RMSE on the test dataset.
Which statements are correct?