Model selection in univariate time series forecasting using discriminant analysis

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 489-500

  Shah, Chandra ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Confidence intervals; Discriminant analysis; Forecast accuracy measures; Forecast model selection; Time series forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031537084     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(97)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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