Forecasting the development of the market for business telephones in the UK

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 906-918

  Islam, Towhidul ^a   Meade, Nigel ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Growth curves; Time series

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE SETS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BUSINESS TELEPHONES; GROWTH CURVES; MULTIVARIATE LINEAR MODEL;

MARKETING;

EID: 0030195242     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.1996.116     Document Type: Article

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