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Advances in Business and Management Forecasting.

Volume 12 presents studies in the application of forecasting methodologies to such areas as supply chain, health care, prospecting for donations from university alumni, and the use of clustering and regression in forecasting. The orientation of this volume is for business applications for both the r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lawrence, Kenneth D.
Otros Autores: Klimberg, Ronald K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
Colección:Advances in business and management forecasting.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover
  • Advances in Business and Management Forecasting
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Editorial Board
  • Section A: Forecasting Applications
  • The Effect of Released Information on Searching for Missing Children: The Case of the Baby Back Home Network
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Data, Variable, and Model
  • Results and Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Enhanced Multicriteria Scoring Model
  • Introduction
  • Case Study 1: Top Selling Automobiles
  • Enhanced Multicriteria Scoring ModelRegression Analysis Model Versus Enhanced Multicriteria Scoring Model
  • Case Study 2: Top Fortune 500 Companies
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Appendix A: 2014 Top Selling Automobile Data
  • Appendix B: Automobile Case Study Variables
  • Appendix C: 2015 Top Selling Automobile Data
  • Appendix D: Top Fortune 500 Companies 2014 Data
  • Appendix E: Top Fortune 500 Companies 2015 Data
  • Forecasting Treatment Outcomes for the Futures Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
  • Introduction
  • Literature Survey
  • Data Preparation
  • Data CollectionData Cleaning
  • Data Aggregation
  • Data Analysis
  • Client Demographics
  • Alumni Survey Outcome Analysis
  • Inpatient Cluster Analysis
  • Client Treatment Completion Analysis
  • Regression Analyses
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations
  • References
  • Appendix A. Contingency Analysis of Completion by Cluster
  • Section B: Predictive Analytics, Regression Analysis and Clustering in Forecasting
  • An Oversampling Technique for Classifying Imbalanced Datasets
  • Sampling-Based Methods
  • Modifying Available Classification Methods
  • Performance MeasurementSelective Smote â#x80;#x93; An Oversampling Method
  • Motivation
  • Algorithm
  • Experiment on Real Dataset
  • Experiment Setup
  • Results
  • Experiment on Simulation Data
  • Experiment Setup
  • Results
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Funding Analytics: Predictive Analysis in a Major State Research University
  • Introduction
  • Predictive Model of Giving
  • Best Subsets Regression
  • The Study
  • A Hybrid Analytic Approach to Enhance Fundraising Efficiency
  • References
  • A Novel Approach to Forecasting Regression and Cluster Analysis
  • IntroductionBackground
  • Approach
  • Example and Results
  • Conclusions and Future Research
  • References
  • Development of a Practical and Effective Forecasting Performance Measure
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Analysis
  • Conclusions and Future Research
  • Notes
  • References
  • Section C: Time Series, Intermittent Data and Supply Chain Applications
  • Assessing the Design of Control Charts for Intermittent Data
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • EWMA Control Chart
  • Crostonâ#x80;#x99;s Method
  • Syntetos and Boylan Revised Croston Procedure