A hybrid intelligent model for medium-term sales forecasting in fashion retail supply chains using extreme learning machine and harmony search algorithm

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 614-624

  Wong, W K ^a   Guo, Z X ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Extreme learning machine; Fashion sales forecasting; Harmony search; Neural network

Indexed keywords

ARIMA MODELS; BENCHMARK DATASETS; DATA PREPROCESSING; EXTREME LEARNING MACHINE; FASHION SALES FORECASTING; GENERALIZATION PERFORMANCE; HARMONY SEARCH; HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; HYBRID INTELLIGENT MODEL; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN; SALES FORECASTING;

DATA PROCESSING; FORECASTING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 78049314546     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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