Forecasting freight demand using economic indices

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 299-308

  Fite, Jonathon T ^a   Taylor, G Don ^b   Usher, John S ^b   English, John R ^c   Roberts, John N ^d  

^a Accenture Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d JB Hunt Transport Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Freight operations; Freight transport; Multiple regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900533569     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600030210430660     Document Type: Article

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