September 2015
Beginner to intermediate
336 pages
7h 44m
English
—Matthew Lindsey, Stephen F. Austin State University
—Robert Pavur, University of North Texas
Intermittent-demand data—that is, series with many periods in which no demand occurs—is problematic for accurately modeling and predicting future demand. Croston’s method is generally viewed as the “standard” method for intermittent-demand forecasting. Despite almost two decades of proposed modifications and assessments of drawbacks of this procedure, clear guidelines as to its performance under a wide variety of modeling assumptions are lacking. In this study, an assessment of Croston’s method is conducted in a simulation study to evaluate its comparative performance ...
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