Modelling and forecasting vehicle stocks using the trends of stochastic Gompertz diffusion models: The case of Spain

Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 385-405

  Gutierrez R ^a   Gutierrez Sanchez R ^a   Nafidi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Car industry and climate change; Stationary distribution; Statistical inference with discrete sampling; Stochastic homogeneous Gompertz diffusion model; Trends analysis; Vehicle stocks in Spain

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CODES (SYMBOLS); DIFFUSION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; VEHICLES;

CAR INDUSTRY; DIFFUSION MODEL; STATIONARY DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL INFERENCE WITH DISCRETE SAMPLING; TRENDS ANALYSIS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 84877117350     PISSN: 15241904     EISSN: 15264025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asmb.754     Document Type: Article

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