Peak demand forecasting for a seasonal product using Bayesian approach

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1019-1028

  Rahman, M A ^a   Sarker, B R ^b   Escobar, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian forecasting method; incomplete data set; seasonal demand

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BAYESIAN FORECASTING; INCOMPLETE DATA; INVERSE GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; PEAK DEMAND FORECASTING; SEASONAL DEMANDS; SEASONAL FORECASTING MODELS; SUPPLY-CHAIN DISRUPTIONS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 79954455170     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2010.58     Document Type: Article

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