Demand Forecasting

Demand forecasting is an analytical method within supply chain management that predicts the quantity of goods or services customers will demand during a future period based on historical data, market trends, and quantitative or qualitative techniques.

Publications

451.4K

Citations

19.2K

Authors

4.1K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

3.2K

Parents

Supply Chain Management

Children

Aggregate Demand ForecastingCausal ForecastingDemand Forecasting For Perishable GoodsDemand Planning IntegrationDemand SensingForecast Error AnalysisForecast ReconciliationForecasting FundamentalsHierarchical ForecastingNew Product Demand Forecasting

Publications

A New Product Growth for Model Consumer Durables

Frank M. Bass · Management Science · 1969 · 5.9K citations

Business, Business Economics, Marketing +13

A New Product Growth for Model Consumer Durables

Frank M. Bass · Management Science · 2004 · 2.5K citations

Business, Business Economics, Marketing +13

Demand response and smart grids—A survey

Pierluigi Siano · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 2013 · 2.3K citations

Management, Cloud Computing, Demand Forecasting +15

A summary of demand response in electricity markets

Mohammed Albadi, Ehab F. El‐Saadany · Electric Power Systems Research · 2008 · 1.8K citations

Natural Resources, Economics, Electrical Engineering +14

Quantifying the Bullwhip Effect in a Simple Supply Chain: The Impact of Forecasting, Lead Times, and Information

Frank Chen, Zvi Drezner, Jennifer K. Ryan et al. · Management Science · 2000 · 1.8K citations

Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management +14

1–5 of 8K

Authors

19.2K

HS
Haiyan Song
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China
41 publications · 6.5K citations
33
h-index
JE
John E. Boylan
Buckinghamshire New University, United Kingdom
26 publications · 2.2K citations
21
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RL
Rob Law
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China
24 publications · 3.2K citations
20
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SW
Shouyang Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
18 publications · 792 citations
18
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GL
Gang Li
University of Surrey, United Kingdom
17 publications · 3.4K citations
17
h-index

1–5 of 19.2K

Institutions

4.1K

1–8 of 4.1K

Venues

Applied Energy
178 publications · 19K citations
76
h-index
Energy
201 publications · 17.9K citations
74
h-index
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
144 publications · 17.7K citations
68
h-index
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
98 publications · 11.1K citations
60
h-index
Energy Policy
97 publications · 9.9K citations
56
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See also Demand Forecasting
Core Methods	Neural Networks Time Series Analysis Exponential Smoothing Support Vector Machines Regression Recurrent Neural Networks Triple Exponential Smoothing Regression Trees Naïve Forecasting Bayesian Analysis Gradient Boosting Trees
Evaluation	Root Mean Squared Error Analysis Mean Absolute Error Symmetric Mean Absolute Percentage Error
Applications	Inventory Management Production Planning Production Scheduling Resource Allocation New Product Development Distribution Planning Vehicle Routing Logistics Management Order Fulfillment Warehousing Management Pricing Strategy Financial Planning
Data Inputs	Macroeconomics Marketing Analytics Customer Relationship Management Seasonal Variation Commodity Price Dynamics Exchange Rates Optimal Inventory Levels Supplier Lead Time
Limitations	Bullwhip Effect Data Privacy Model Interpretability Data Quality Lead Time Uncertainty Model Selection Data Sparsity Disaggregation Forecasting Organizational Silos Generalizability Models