George Box: An interview with the International Journal of Forecasting

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George Box, born in England, holder of a Ph.D in Statistics and a D.Sc. both from London University, started his career with Imperial Chemical Industries PLC. He became prominent first in the United Kingdom and then in the U.S. for his excellent work in the field of statistics and the application of the science in various fields, earning him many international awards.

United Kingdom, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Chemicals & Allied Products, Chemical Manufacturing, Management Consulting Services, CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, Business & Mgmt Consulting, Statistics, Management, Officials and employees, Chemicals, Interview, Criticism and interpretation, Chemical industry, Business consultants, Management consultants, Consulting services, Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, Statistics (Mathematics), Air quality indexes, Taguchi methods (Quality control), Box, George

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A comparison of forecasting methods for hotel revenue management

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Of several models tested, moving average, pickup, and exponential smoothing proved to be the most accurate for forecasting hotel arrivals.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Financial management, Hotels & Motels, Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels, Hotels and motels, Finance, Market trend/market analysis, Company financing, Revenue

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Measuring and forecasting asymmetries in employment cycles with US labor market applications

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A non-linear model for US employment is provided and evaluated.

Employment, Statistical Data Included, Models

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