Empirical evidence on individual, group and shrinkage seasonal indices

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 525-534

  Chen, Huijing ^a   Boylan, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Grouping; Seasonality; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549086193     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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