A hybrid sales forecasting scheme by combining independent component analysis with K-means clustering and support vector regression.
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SUBMITTER: Lu CJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4088315 | biostudies-other | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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