Do 'big losses' in judgmental adjustments to statistical forecasts affect experts' behaviour?

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 249, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 842-852

  Petropoulos, Fotios ^a   Fildes, Robert ^b   Goodwin, Paul ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural analytics; Decision support systems; Forecasting; Judgment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIOURAL ANALYTICS; DATA SET; FORECASTING ACCURACY; FORECASTING SUPPORT SYSTEM; JUDGMENT; PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84931846877     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.06.002     Document Type: Article

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