Neural networks in business forecasting

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Zhang, G. Peter, 1963-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2004.
• Subjects: Business forecasting.; Neural networks (Computer science)
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (ix, 296 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1591401771 (ebook); 9781591401773 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

Forecasting is one of the most important activities that form the basis for strategic, tactical, and operational decisions in all business organizations. Recently, neural networks have emerged as an important tool for business forecasting. There are considerable interests and applications in forecasting using neural networks. This book provides for researchers and practitioners some recent advances in applying neural networks to business forecasting. A number of case studies demonstrating the innovative or successful applications of neural networks to many areas of business as well as methods to improve neural network forecasting performance are presented.