Browsing by Subject "Forecasting"
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Combining empirical mode decomposition with neural networks for the prediction of exchange rates
(2014)The foreign exchange market is one of the largest and most active financial markets with enormous daily trading volumes. Exchange rates are influenced by the interactions of a large number of agents, each operating with ... -
Combining quantitative and qualitative methods in forecasting qualified labour demand in the South African accommodation industry
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)Worldwide, skills shortages in the labour market have become more pronounced over the past several years. This has led to a vast gap in talent which has devastating impacts in especially the service industries, such as the ... -
Evaluation of the medicine procurement and supply management system in public hospitals in Lesotho
(2014)In a well-functioning medicine supply chain management system, procurement forms an integral part that needs to be closely monitored and integrated with other functions. Good procurement practices in the public health ... -
Exploring the potential influence of inventory forecasting on profitability
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)The level of inventory can play a pivotal role in profitability (Simeon & John, 2018). Therefore, is the model used to do inventory forecasting with crucial in any business that carries inventory? Numerous forecasting ... -
Forecasting tourism demand for South Africa
(North-West University, 2011)Tourism is currently the third largest industry within South Africa. Many African countries, including South Africa, have the potential to achieve increased economic growth and development with the aid of the tourism ... -
Forecasting tourist arrivals in South Africa
(2010)The aim of this paper is to model and forecast tourism to South Africa from the country's main intercontinental tourism markets. These include Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, the United States of America and France. -
An investigation into the use of combined linear and neural network models for time series data
(North-West University, 2009)Time series forecasting is an important area of forecasting in which past observations of the same variable are collected and analyzed to develop a model describing the underlying relationship. The model is then used to ... -
Is forecasting the solution to operations management difficulties in the South African energy sector?
(North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)The global growing demand for increased operational availability and safety, system productivity, quality of products and customer satisfaction has all raised the importance of successful operations management. Considering ... -
Is forecasting the solution to operations management difficulties in the South African energy sector?
(North-West University, 2018)The global growing demand for increased operational availability and safety, system productivity, quality of products and customer satisfaction has all raised the importance of successful operations management. Considering ... -
Linear response surface analysis as a technique for visualizing linear models and data
(North-West University (South Africa), 2001)Linear Response Surface Analysis (LRSA) is a subset of the statistical field Response Surface Methodology (RSM). RSM is a research field dedicated to the optimization and forecasting of linear and non-linear models. These ...