Predicting the subscribers of fixed-line and cellular phone in Japan by a novel prediction model

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 321-330

  Li, Guo Dong ^a   Masuda, Shiro ^a   Nagai, Masatake ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cubic spline function; Grey prediction model; Particle swarm optimization algorithm; Telecommunications industry prediction

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR PHONE; CUBIC SPLINE FUNCTIONS; GREY PREDICTION MODEL; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; PREDICTION CAPABILITY; PREDICTION MODEL; PREDICTION PERFORMANCE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY;

ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; MOBILE PHONES; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); SYSTEM THEORY; TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

FORECASTING;

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PREDICTION;

JAPAN;

EID: 84888023205     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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