A comparison of unconstrained and constrained OLS for the combination of demand forecasts: A case study of the ordering and stocking of bank printed forms

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 87, Issue , 1999, Pages 129-140

  Chan, Chi Kin ^a   Kingsman, Brian G ^b   Wong, H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Combination of forecasts; Inventory control; Quadratic programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042094648     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018964415341     Document Type: Article

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