Managing uncertainty in forecasting the diffusion of telecommunications innovations

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 299-304

  Puumalainen, Kaisu ^a   Sundqvist, Sanna ^a   Huiskonen, Janne ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cellular subscriptions; Diffusion of innovations; Neural networks; SOM; Telecommunications; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FORECASTING METHOD; INNOVATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 34247347789     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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