A comparison of univariate methods for forecasting container throughput volumes

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1045-1057

  Peng, Wen Yi ^a   Chu, Ching Wu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Container throughput; Forecasting accuracy comparison; Univariate forecasting models

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BEST MODEL; CONTAINER THROUGHPUT; DECOMPOSITION MODEL; FORECASTING ACCURACY COMPARISON; FORECASTING MODELS; GREY MODEL; HYBRID GREY MODEL; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; REGRESSION MODEL; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; TRIGONOMETRIC REGRESSION; UNIVARIATE; UNIVARIATE FORECASTING MODELS; UNIVARIATE METHOD; UNIVARIATE MODELS;

CONTAINERS; FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THROUGHPUT;

PORTS AND HARBORS;

EID: 69249202378     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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