Further results on focus forecasting vs. exponential smoothing

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 287-293

  Gardner Jr , Everette S ^a   Anderson Fletcher, Elizabeth A ^a   Wicks, Angela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative forecasting methods time series; Exponential smoothing; Focus forecasting; Production and operations planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035315152     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(00)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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