A seasonal index for business

Decision Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 335-355

  Ittig, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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Forecasting

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EID: 0031518631     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1997.tb01314.x     Document Type: Article

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