Forecasting a cumulative variable using its partially accumulated data

Management Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 879-889

  Guerrero, Victor M ^a   Elizondo, J Alan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Exponential Smoothing; Linear Regression; Minimum Mean Square Error; Statistical Approach

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ERRORS; FORECASTING; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING; MINIMUM MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0031152626     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.43.6.879     Document Type: Article

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