Index

Advances in Business and Management Forecasting

ISBN: 978-1-78754-290-7, eISBN: 978-1-78754-289-1

ISSN: 1477-4070

Publication date: 6 September 2019

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(2019), "Index", Advances in Business and Management Forecasting (Advances in Business and Management Forecasting, Vol. 13), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 135-139. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1477-407020190000013001

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INDEX

AdaBoost
, 94–95, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104

Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS)
, 5

Agent-based queuing model, for call center forecasting and management optimization
, 121

bisection method
, 128–131

forecasting
, 127

model construction
, 125–127

model formulation
, 122–124

input data
, 122–123

programing functions, modeling
, 123

working variables in program, modeling
, 123–124

optimization criteria
, 127–128

results
, 130–131, 132

stepwise method
, 131

ARIMA
, 4, 5

Artificial neural networks (ANNs)
, 5

Asymmetric loss function
, 55, 57–58

Bankruptcy prediction, dimension reduction in
, 83

computational results
, 86–89

evaluation metrics
, 87

experiment setup
, 86–87

model performances
, 88–89, 90, 91

dimension estimation
, 89–90, 91

dimension reduction techniques
, 84–86

Big Data
, 94

Bisection method
, 128–131

Bonobos
, 26

Boosting technique
, 84

Borderline-SMOTE
, 94

Box & Jenkins model
, 4, 5–6

Brick-and-mortar store
, 30, 31

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
, 68–69

Business cycle
, 67, 71, 72, 73, 74–75, 76–79, 81

Business forecasting
, 121, 127, 132

Buy-online-and-pick-up-in-store (BOPS)
, 25

literature review
, 28–30

basic model
, 30–37

Call center forecasting and management optimization, agent-based queuing model for
, 121

bisection method
, 128–131

forecasting
, 127

model construction
, 125–127

model formulation
, 122–124

input data
, 122–123

programing functions, modeling
, 123

working variables in program, modeling
, 123–124

optimization criteria
, 127–128

results
, 130–131, 132

stepwise method
, 131

CEO compensation, regression modeling of

peer group, at AT&T
, 115, 116, 117

analysis of results
, 119, 120

clustering analysis
, 118–119

process
, 116–118

Verizon
, 109

corporation’s performance, evaluation of
, 111

peer groups
, 112

process
, 112, 113

Classification and regression tree (CART)
, 97

Clustering analysis
, 118–119

Correlation matrix
, 84

Cumulative mean estimation (CUME)
, 91–92

Customer retention, impact of a service failure on
, 54

Cyclic pricing
, 30

Data-level methods, for bankruptcy prediction
, 87

Decision tree
, 94–95, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104

Delays in delivery, service contracts for
, 51

model development
, 55–60

delivery time
, 56–57

loss function and due dates
, 57–58

optimal price
, 58–60

price function
, 56

product value distribution
, 55–56

results
, 60–62

Delivery time
, 56–57

truncated exponential distribution for
, 59–60

uniform distribution for
, 59

Dimension reduction, in bankruptcy prediction
, 83

computational results
, 86–89

evaluation metrics
, 87

experiment setup
, 86–87

model performances
, 88–89, 90, 91

dimension estimation
, 89–90, 91

techniques
, 84–86

Discount pricing
, 28–29

Due dates, loss function and
, 57–58

Equal pricing
, 28–29

Erlang C model
, 122

Estimation error
, 122–123

Expected loss (EL)
, 58

Expected payout
, 54, 60–61, 62

Expected revenue (ER)
, 54–55, 56, 58–59, 60

Exponential smoothing
, 4, 5, 16–17, 18–19, 20

Factor analysis (FA)
, 84, 85, 86, 88, 90–91

Fatality analysis reporting system (FARS)
, 95

Feature extraction
, 84–85

Feature selection approach
, 84–85

Financial compensation
, 109

Forecasting

business
, 121, 127, 132

sales. See Sales forecasting

Genetic algorithm (GA)
, 5–6

Great Recession
, 67, 71, 72–73, 74

Growth over time
, 69–70, 71

HGAI (hybrid of a genetic algorithm and an artificial immune system) algorithm
, 5–6

Holt-Winters model
, 4, 5

Imbalanced data
, 87, 88

classification
, 93

Individual county integrative models
, 76–79, 81

Inventory order quantity
, 28

k-nearest neighbor (KNN)
, 94–95, 97, 98, 100, 101–102, 103, 104

Least squares
, 69–70, 72

Leave-one-out cross-validation (LOOCV)
, 8, 9, 12

Linear regression
, 69, 70

Liquidity
, 111

Logistic regression
, 94–95, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104

Loss function and due dates
, 57–58

Machine learning
, 4, 5, 6, 12, 15–20, 18–19, 21–22

methods, for forecasting
, 6–9

Market segmentation

of online channel
, 33, 34

in showroom strategy
, 38–39

of store channel
, 33, 34

in showroom strategy
, 37, 38

Mean absolute percentage error (MAPE)
, 12, 13–14, 15–22, 16–17, 18–19

Mixed integer programming model
, 54–55

M/M/1 queue
, 52–53

M/M/s queue
, 122

Model-building approach
, 84

Monte Carlo simulation
, 123

Moving average (MA)
, 5, 7–8, 12, 15–20, 16–17, 18–19, 21–22

Moving linear regression (MLR)
, 7–8, 12, 15–20, 21–22

Moving quadratic regression (MQR)
, 12, 15–20, 21–22

Multivariate intelligent decision-making model
, 5

Nash equilibrium
, 35, 46

Non-injured passengers and drivers in car accidents, detection of
, 93

data
, 95–96, 97

method
, 96–100

AdaBoost
, 99

decision tree
, 97

k-nearest neighbor
, 98

logistic regression
, 98

Random Forest
, 98

resampling method
, 99–100

support vector machine
, 98–99

results
, 100–104

Nonstationarity
, 122–123

North Carolina

Great Recession
, 72–73, 74

growth over time
, 69–70, 71

individual county integrative models
, 76–79, 81

integrative model
, 74–76

residuals, modeling
, 71–72

unemployment costs per capita
, 68–70, 72, 74–76, 78, 79–80, 81

Omnichannel retailing, BOPS and showroom strategy in
, 25

basic model
, 30–37

literature review
, 28–30

showroom strategy
, 37–41

Online-to-store channel
, 29–30

Optimal price
, 58–60

Oversampling
, 87

Peer group regression modeling

of AT&T CEO compensation
, 115, 116, 117

analysis of results
, 119, 120

clustering analysis
, 118–119

process
, 116–118

of Verizon CEO compensation
, 112

Personalized pricing
, 28–29

Price function
, 56

Principal component analysis (PCA)
, 84, 85, 86, 88–89, 90–92

Principal Hessian directions
, 91–92

Product value distribution
, 60–62

Profitability
, 111

Profit margin
, 111

Purchase decision tree of customers
, 31

in showroom strategy
, 37

Qualitative attributes, impact on customer satisfaction
, 52

Quantitative attributes, impact on customer satisfaction
, 52

Queueing model
, 52–53

agent-based, for call center forecasting and management optimization
, 121

bisection method
, 128–131

forecasting
, 127

model construction
, 125–127

model formulation
, 122–124

optimization criteria
, 127–128

results
, 130–131, 132

stepwise method
, 131

Radial basis function (RBF)
, 4, 5–6, 12, 13–14, 15–22

interpolation
, 8–9

Random arrival rate
, 122–123

Random Forest
, 94–95, 96–97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104

Random over-resampling (ROS)
, 99, 101, 104

Random oversampling examples (ROSE)
, 87, 94–95, 99–100, 101, 102, 104

Random under-resampling (RUS)
, 94–95, 99, 101, 104

Rare events
, 87

Regression modelling, of CEO compensation

peer group, at AT&T
, 115, 116, 117

analysis of results
, 119, 120

clustering analysis
, 118–119

process
, 116–118

of Verizon CEO compensation
, 109, 110, 111

corporation’s performance, evaluation of
, 111

peer groups
, 112

process
, 112, 113

Resampling method
, 94–95, 99–100

Residuals, modeling
, 71–72

Retailer’s newsvendor problem
, 45

Retailer System Research
, 27

Sales forecasting
, 5–6, 7–8, 9, 12, 15–20, 21–22

computational results
, 12–21

comparison of performance of sales forecasting methods
, 15–21

experimental setup
, 12–14

seasonal adjustment effect on performance of sales forecasting methods
, 13–14, 15, 16–17

literature review
, 5–6

machine learning methods
, 6–9

radial basis function interpolation
, 8–9

support vector regression
, 6–8

seasonal adjustment
, 9–11

Sales
, 111

SARIMAX with multiple linear regression (SARIMA-MLR)
, 5

Seasonal adjustment
, 9–11

effect on performance of sales forecasting methods
, 13–14, 15, 16–17

Seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average with external variables (SARIMAX)
, 5

Selective under-resampling (SUR)
, 100, 101

Service contracts, for delays in delivery
, 51

model development
, 55–60

delivery time
, 56–57

loss function and due dates
, 57–58

optimal price
, 58–60

price function
, 56

product value distribution
, 55–56

results
, 60–62

Showroom strategy
, 37–41

market segmentation of store channel in
, 37, 38

purchase decision tree of customers in
, 37

Single exponential smoothing (SES)
, 12, 16–17, 18–19, 20–22

Sliced average variance estimation (SAVE)
, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90–91

Sliced inversed regression (SIR)
, 85, 86, 88, 90–91

Solvency
, 111

Solving ratios
, 111

Stepwise method
, 131

Stepwise regression
, 84

Stock options
, 109–110

Strategic customer behavior
, 30

Sufficient dimension reduction (SDR)
, 85, 86

Support vector machine (SVM)
, 94–95, 97, 98–99, 101, 102, 103, 104

Support vector regression (SVR)
, 4, 5–8, 12, 13–14, 15–20, 18–19, 21–22

Synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE)
, 87, 94–95, 99–100, 101, 102, 104

Taguchi-type loss function
, 52, 53, 54

Time series
, 4, 5–6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 21–22

Trend regression models
, 4, 5

t-test
, 84

Under-sampling
, 99, 100

Unemployment costs per capita
, 68–70, 72, 74–76, 78, 79–80, 81

Waiting time
, 122–123, 124, 125, 126–127, 132

Warby Parker
, 26