Sales forecasting of computer products based on variable selection scheme and support vector regression

Neurocomputing

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 491-499

  Lu, Chi Jie ^a  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer products; Sales forecasting; Support vector regression; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PRODUCTS; FORECASTING MODELING; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY(LCD); PREDICTOR VARIABLES; SALES FORECASTING; SUPPORT VECTOR REGRESSION (SVR); VARIABLE SELECTION; VARIABLE SELECTION METHODS;

FORECASTING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SALES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FORECASTING; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

EID: 84893703920     PISSN: 09252312     EISSN: 18728286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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