Calculating the accuracy of hierarchical estimation

IMA Journal of Management Mathematics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-315

  Strijbosch, L W G ^a   Moors, J J A ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Hierarchical forecasting; Moments of a product of sums; Top down approach

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION;

ANALYTICAL ANALYSIS; BIAS AND VARIANCE; BROKEN DOWN; DEMAND FORECAST; FORECASTING DEMAND; GENERAL METHOD; HIERARCHICAL ESTIMATION; JOINT DISTRIBUTIONS; MOMENTS OF A PRODUCT OF SUMS; NEW APPLICATIONS; PRODUCT OF SUMS; RANDOM SAMPLE; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

FORECASTING;

EID: 77953676350     PISSN: 1471678X     EISSN: 14716798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imaman/dpp021     Document Type: Article

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