Chapter 9 Approximate Nonlinear Forecasting Methods

Handbook of Economic Forecasting

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 459-512

  White, Halbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

approximation; artificial neural networks; forecast explanation; highly nonlinear methods; misspecification; model selection; nonlinear methods; prediction; QuickNet; ridgelets

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649359701     PISSN: 15740706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0706(05)01009-8     Document Type: Review

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