Customer reviews for demand distribution and sales nowcasting: a big data approach

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2018, Pages 415-431

  See To, Eric W K ^a   Ngai, Eric W T ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Big data; Demand distribution; Sales nowcasting; Short run operation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983438678     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-016-2296-z     Document Type: Article

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