On the importance of verifying forecasting results

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-73

  Yalta, A Talha ^a   Jenal, Olaf ^b  

^a TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b Trans o flex Schnell Lieferdienst GmbH   (Germany)

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EID: 58949092629     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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