Formation of seasonal groups and application of seasonal indices

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 227-241

  Boylan, J E ^a   Chen, H ^b   Mohammadipour, M ^b   Syntetos, A ^c  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clustering; forecasting; grouping; seasonality

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; K-MEANS CLUSTERING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

CLUSTERING; EMPIRICAL FINDINGS; GROUPING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR CRITERIONS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; STOCK KEEPING UNIT;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 84892155178     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2012.126     Document Type: Article

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