Focus forecasting reconsidered

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 501-508

  Gardner, Everette S ^a   Anderson, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Exponential smoothing; Focus forecasting; Forecasting; Inventory control systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031498360     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(97)00035-6     Document Type: Article

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