Does updating judgmental forecasts improve forecast accuracy?

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-109

  O'Connor, Marcus ^a   Remus, William ^b   Griggs, Kenneth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Judgment; Rolling forecasts; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042027308     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(99)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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