Sales forecasting system based on Gray extreme learning machine with Taguchi method in retail industry

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1336-1345

  Chen, F L ^a   Ou, T Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gray extreme learning machine; Retail industry; Sales forecasting; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; CUSTOMERS' SATISFACTION; EXTREME LEARNING MACHINE; GRAY RELATION ANALYSIS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; INPUT DATAS; NOVEL NEURAL NETWORK; PRODUCTION PLANS; PURCHASING DECISIONS; REAL SALES DATA; RETAIL INDUSTRY; SALES FORECASTING; SALES REVENUE; TAGUCHI;

FORECASTING; INDUSTRY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PROFITABILITY; TAGUCHI METHODS;

SALES;

EID: 78049526620     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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