Lumpy demand forecasting using neural networks

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 409-420

  Gutierrez, Rafael S ^a   Solis, Adriano O ^b   Mukhopadhyay, Somnath ^b  

^a University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Lumpy demand; Neural network modeling

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

LUMPY DEMAND; NEURAL NETWORK MODELING;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 37349131259     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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