Use of individual and group seasonal indices in subaggregate demand forecasting

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1660-1671

  Chen, H ^a,c   Boylan, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Grouping; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

GROUP SEASONAL INDICES (GSI); INDIVIDUAL SEASONAL INDICES (ISI);

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

EID: 36248969138     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602310     Document Type: Article

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