Impact of temporal aggregation on stock control performance of intermittent demand estimators: Empirical analysis

Omega

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 713-721

  Babai, M Zied ^a,b   Ali, Mohammad M ^c   Nikolopoulos, Konstantinos ^a,d  

^a KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Empirical investigation; Intermittent demand; Parametric forecasting; Stock control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858750769     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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