Sensitivity analysis applied to artificial neural networks for forecasting time series

Methodology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 80-86

  Palmer, Alfonso ^a   Montano J J ^a   Franconetti, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

ARIMA models; Artificial neural networks; Sensitivity analysis; Time series forecasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949110985     PISSN: 16141881     EISSN: 16142241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-2241.4.2.80     Document Type: Article

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