Comparing Forecasting Models in Tourism

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-21

  Chen, Rachel J C ^a   Bloomfield, Peter ^b   Cubbage, Frederick W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

forecasting methods; mean absolute percentage error

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865110001     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348007309566     Document Type: Article

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