Sales forecasting for computer wholesalers: A comparison of multivariate adaptive regression splines and artificial neural networks

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 584-596

  Lu, Chi Jie ^a   Lee, Tian Shyug ^b   Lian, Chia Mei ^b  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Computer wholesaler; IT industry; Multivariate adaptive regression splines; Sales forecasting

Indexed keywords

ARIMA MODELS; BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; BASIS FUNCTIONS; CEREBELLAR MODEL ARTICULATION CONTROLLER; EXTREME LEARNING MACHINE; IT INDUSTRY; MARS MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ADAPTIVE REGRESSION SPLINES; MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL; NON-PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; PREDICTION FUNCTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; REAL SALES DATA; SALES FORECASTING; SALES MANAGEMENT; VARIABLE SCREENING;

LINEAR REGRESSION; NEURAL NETWORKS; SALES;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84868667879     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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