Forecasting agricultural output with an improved grey forecasting model based on the genetic algorithm

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 85, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-39

  Ou, Shang Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agricultural output; Background value; Forecasting; Genetic algorithm; GM(1,1)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT; BACKGROUND VALUE; FORECAST ACCURACY; FORECASTING MODELS; GM (1 , 1); GM (1 , 1) MODEL; GREY FORECASTING MODEL; IMPROVED GM(1 ,1) MODEL; MEAN ABSOLUTE PERCENTAGE ERROR; MODELING AND FORECASTING; NATIONAL ECONOMY; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; OUT-OF-SAMPLE FORECAST; PERCENTAGE ERROR; POLICY MAKING; ROOT MEAN SQUARE;

AGRICULTURE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; SYSTEM THEORY;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84859935155     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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