Combining ranked mean value forecasts

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 505-516

  Mostaghimi, Mehdi ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combining forecasts; Combining ranked forecasts; Forecasting; Maximum likelihood estimation; Relative entropy

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMBINING FORECASTS; COMBINING RANKED FORECASTS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RANK ORDERING; RELATIVE ENTROPY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0030575674     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(95)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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