Forecasting accuracy of wind power technology diffusion models across countries

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 592-601

  Dalla Valle, Alessandra ^a   Furlan, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bass; Diffusion models; Forecasting accuracy; Gompertz; Incentives; Logistic; Wind power

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650938267     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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