Intelligent Sales Prediction for Pharmaceutical Distribution Companies: A Data Mining Based Approach
One of the problems of pharmaceutical distribution companies (PDCs) is how to control inventory levels in order to prevent costs of excessive inventory and to prevent losing customers due to drug shortage. Consequently, the purpose of this study is to propose a novel method to forecast sales of PDCs...
Main Authors: | Neda Khalil Zadeh, Mohammad Mehdi Sepehri, Hamid Farvaresh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2014-01-01
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Series: | Mathematical Problems in Engineering |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/420310 |
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