The economic importance of traits like longevity, health and reproduction has increased
compared to milk yield in dairy cows. Effective oestrus detection is important for improved …

The complementary strengths that management judgment and statistical methods can bring
to the forecasting process have been widely discussed. This paper reviews research on the …

In recent years state-space representations and the associated Kalman recursions have had
a profound impact on time series analysis and many related areas. The techniques were …

We provide a new approach to automatic forecasting based on an extended range of
exponential smoothing methods. Each method in our taxonomy of exponential smoothing …

Foreign direct investment is an important issue that has attracted the attention of academic
and professional economists as well as politicians and policy makers. In Foreign Direct …

Demand management is the supply chain management process that balances the
customers' requirements with the capabilities of the supply chain. With the right process in …

Objective: The objective of this paper is to analyse and quantify the effects exerted on
summer mortality by extremes of heat, particularly among persons aged 65–74 and 75 years …

This book provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to public policy and
planning in the field of leisure and tourism. It includes theoretical perspectives and practical …

The effects of heat waves on the population have been described by different authors and a
consistent relationship between mortality and temperature has been found, especially in …

In this paper, a computation algorithm using the exponential function to increase the
robustness of the dynamic state estimation is proposed. The merit of this approach lies in its …