Forecasting in telecommunications and ICT-A review

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1105-1126

  Meade, Nigel ^a   Islam, Towhidul ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion models; Internet; Mobile telephony; Technology forecasting; Time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946172056     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijforecast.2014.09.003     Document Type: Review

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