Forecasting support systems for the incorporation of event information: An empirical investigation

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 411-423

  Webby, Richard ^a   O'Connor, Marcus ^b   Edmundson, Bob ^c  

^a University of Sydney ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Event information; Forecasting support systems; Judgemental forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644477124     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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