A genetic algorithms approach to growth phase forecasting of wireless subscribers

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 625-646

  Venkatesan, Rajkumar ^a   Kumar, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bass model; Genetic algorithms; New product diffusion estimation; Telecommunication industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036815902     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(02)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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