Forecasting enrollments of students by using fuzzy time series and genetic algorithms

International Journal of Information and Management Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Chen, Shyi Ming ^a   Chung, Nien Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logical relationship; Fuzzy logical relationship groups; Fuzzy time series; Genetic algorithms; Mean square error

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; FUZZY SETS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FUZZY LOGICAL RELATIONSHIP; FUZZY LOGICAL RELATIONSHIP GROUPS; FUZZY TIME SERIES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

STUDENTS;

EID: 33748542583     PISSN: 10171819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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