Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems, 2003, Vol.6, No.2, pp.669-677

NONLINEAR PHENOMENA IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
An Interdisciplinary Journal

2003, Vol.6, No.2, pp.669-677

Nonlinear Models for Semiconductor Market Forecast
M. Bucolo, F. Caizzone, L. Fortuna, L. Melluzzo, and G. Tomarchio

The sales forecasting is an important issue for manufacturing company in order to have the right production planning optimizing inventory and guaranteeing a good service to their customer. It is clear that for an high tech company forecast has a wide range of meaning and it does not exclude the marketing and the innovation strategies. In this paper it has been examined the problem of forecasting for a product group with standard products used in general purpled electronic system. Linear and nonlinear modelling strategies have been developed to have a forecast of sales and the results show that it's possible to apply these mathematical methodologies for this kind of problem..
Key words: business model, market forecasting, nonlinear modelling

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