A first approach to e-forecasting: A survey of forecasting Web services

Nikolopoulos, K; Metaxiotis, K; Assimakopoulos, V

dc.contributor.author	Nikolopoulos, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Metaxiotis, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Assimakopoulos, V	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:52:55Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:52:55Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.issn	09685227	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/26786
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dc.subject	Business development	en
dc.subject	Competitive advantage	en
dc.subject	Computer software	en
dc.subject	Electronic commerce	en
dc.subject	Forecasting	en
dc.subject	Internet	en
dc.subject.other	Electronic commerce	en
dc.subject.other	Information services	en
dc.subject.other	Just in time production	en
dc.subject.other	Technological forecasting	en
dc.subject.other	World Wide Web	en
dc.subject.other	Supply chain management (SCM)	en
dc.subject.other	Information management	en
dc.title	A first approach to e-forecasting: A survey of forecasting Web services	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	A great challenge for today's companies is not only how to adapt to the changing business environment but also how to gain a competitive advantage from the way in which they choose to do so. As a basis for achieving such advantages, companies have started to seek to improve the performance of various operations. Forecasting is one of them; it is important to firms because it can help ensure that effective use of resources is made. In the market there are a number of off-the-shelf system products, which provide forecasts. The new trend, of moving traditional software packages to Web services, has pushed forecasting to a new dimension, named by the authors as ""e-forecasting"". In this paper, a first approach to e-forecasting is made by throwing light on several aspects and a survey is presented which aims at identifying existing Web forecasting services.	en
heal.journalName	Information Management and Computer Security	en
dc.identifier.volume	11	en
dc.identifier.issue	2-3	en
dc.identifier.spage	146	en
dc.identifier.epage	152	en