Forecasting Thailand's rice export: Statistical techniques vs. artificial neural networks

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 610-627

  Co, Henry C ^a   Boosarawongse, Rujirek ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KING MONGKUT'S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LADKRABANG   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Box Jenkins; Forecasting; Holt Winters; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BOX-JENKINS; CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS; HOLT-WINTERS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 35348858027     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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