[HTML][HTML] Forecasting: theory and practice

F Petropoulos, D Apiletti, V Assimakopoulos… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forecasting has always been at the forefront of decision making and planning. The
uncertainty that surrounds the future is both exciting and challenging, with individuals and …

Retail forecasting: Research and practice

R Fildes, S Ma, S Kolassa - International Journal of Forecasting, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the research literature on forecasting retail demand. We begin by
introducing the forecasting problems that retailers face, from the strategic to the operational …

[HTML][HTML] Time-series forecasting of seasonal items sales using machine learning–A comparative analysis

Y Ensafi, SH Amin, G Zhang, B Shah - International Journal of Information …, 2022 - Elsevier
There has been a growing interest in the field of neural networks for prediction in recent
years. In this research, a public dataset including the sales history of a retail store is …

Demand forecasting in supply chain: The impact of demand volatility in the presence of promotion

M Abolghasemi, E Beh, G Tarr, R Gerlach - Computers & Industrial …, 2020 - Elsevier
The demand for a particular product or service is typically associated with different
uncertainties that can make them volatile and challenging to predict. Demand …

Which product description phrases affect sales forecasting? An explainable AI framework by integrating WaveNet neural network models with multiple regression

S Chen, S Ke, S Han, S Gupta, U Sivarajah - Decision Support Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
The rapid rise of many e-commerce platforms for individual consumers has generated a
large amount of text-based data, and thus researchers have begun to experiment with text …

Deep-learning model using hybrid adaptive trend estimated series for modelling and forecasting sales

MIA Efat, P Hajek, MZ Abedin, RU Azad… - Annals of Operations …, 2024 - Springer
Existing sales forecasting models are not comprehensive and flexible enough to consider
dynamic changes and nonlinearities in sales time-series at the store and product levels. To …

Optimal selection of heterogeneous ensemble strategies of time series forecasting with multi-objective programming

J Li, J Hao, QQ Feng, X Sun, M Liu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2021 - Elsevier
The excellent generalization performance of time series ensemble forecasting depends on
the accuracy and diversity of the individual models. In this paper, a heterogeneous …

Forecasting seasonal demand for retail: A Fourier time-varying grey model

L Ye, N Xie, JE Boylan, Z Shang - International Journal of Forecasting, 2024 - Elsevier
Seasonal demand forecasting is critical for effective supply chain management. However,
conventional forecasting methods face difficulties accurately estimating seasonal variations …

Post-script—Retail forecasting: Research and practice

R Fildes, S Kolassa, S Ma - International Journal of Forecasting, 2022 - Elsevier
This note updates the 2019 review article “Retail forecasting: Research and practice” in the
context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the substantial new research on machine-learning …

Data-driven demand forecast for O2O operations: An adaptive hierarchical incremental approach

H Dai, Q Xiao, S Chen, W Zhou - International Journal of Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Online-to-offline (O2O) refers to a new type of e-commerce that combines online
order acquisition and offline on-demand order fulfillment service. The daily demand for O2O …