Using clustering to improve sales forecasts in retail merchandising

DOI10.1007/S10479-008-0417-ZzbMATH Open1185.62116OpenAlexW2079147754MaRDI QIDQ970165FDOQ970165

Authors: Mahesh Kumar, Nitin R. Patel 

Publication date: 10 May 2010

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-008-0417-z

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zbMATH Keywords

clusteringforecastingcombining forecasts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification and discrimination; cluster analysis (statistical aspects) (62H30) Applications of statistics (62P99) Marketing, advertising (90B60) Consumer behavior, demand theory (91B42)

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