Forecasting and uncertainty in the economic and business world

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 794-812

  Makridakis, Spyros ^a   Hogarth, Robin M ^b   Gaba, Anil ^c  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

^c INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Black swans; Coconut uncertainty; Dealing with uncertainty; Forecasting; Illusion of control; Subway uncertainty; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349950639     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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