Forecasting Sales Using Neural Networks
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چکیده
In this paper neural networks trained with the back propa gation algorithm are applied to predict the future values of time series that consist of the weekly demand on items in a supermarket The in u encing indicators of prices advertising campaigns and holidays are taken into consideration The design and implementation of a neural network forecasting system is described that has been installed as a prototype in the headquarters of a German supermarket company to support the management in the process of determining the expected sale gures The performance of the networks is evaluated by comparing them to two pre diction techniques used in the supermarket now The comparison shows that neural nets outperform the conventional techniques with regard to the prediction quality
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