ISO 9001 certification forecasting models

International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-26

  Sampaio, Paulo ^a   Saraiva, Pedro ^b   Guimarães Rodrigues, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Forecasting; ISO 9000 series; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650264001     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656711111097526     Document Type: Article

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