The M3-competition: Results, conclusions and implications

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 451-476

  Makridakis, Spyros ^a   Hibon, Michèle ^a  

^a INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative methods Time series: Univariate; Forecasting competitions; Forecasting methods, Forecasting accuracy; M competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034288942     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(00)00057-1     Document Type: Article

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