Forecasting aggregate demand: An analytical evaluation of top-down versus bottom-up forecasting in a production planning framework

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Widiarta, Handik ^a   Viswanathan, S ^a   Piplani, Rajesh ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bottom up forecasting; Exponential smoothing; Forecasting; MA(1) process; Top down forecasting

Indexed keywords

BREEDER REACTORS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ANALYTICAL EVALUATIONS; BOTTOM-UP FORECASTING; EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING; FIRST ORDERS; FORECASTING TECHNIQUES; MA(1) PROCESS; MOVING AVERAGES; PRODUCTION PLANNING; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; SERIAL CORRELATIONS; SIMULATION STUDIES; STATIONARY TIME SERIES; TOP-DOWN FORECASTING; UNIVARIATE;

TIME SERIES;

EID: 61449172949     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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