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Empirical evidence on individual, group and shrinkage seasonal indices (2008)
Journal Article
Chen, H., & Boylan, J. (2008). Empirical evidence on individual, group and shrinkage seasonal indices. International Journal of Forecasting, 24, 525-534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2008.02.005

This paper provides empirical evidence on forecasting seasonal demand using both individual and group seasonal indices methods. The findings show that the group seasonal indices methods outperform the individual seasonal indices method. This paper al... Read More about Empirical evidence on individual, group and shrinkage seasonal indices.

The customer rules and other e-shopping myths (2008)
Book Chapter
McLean, R., & Richardson, H. (2008). The customer rules and other e-shopping myths. In D. Oliver, C. Romm, & F. Sudweeks (Eds.), Self Service in the Internet Age. Springer

This chapter discusses self-service and the Internet in the context of two studies, based in the UK, and undertaken during 1998-2005. They are united by a common framework of critically analyzing discourses of e-shopping in the
‘digital age’. Firstl... Read More about The customer rules and other e-shopping myths.

The importance of a match in a tournament (2008)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., & SHI, X. (2008). The importance of a match in a tournament. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2006.11.005

A quantitative measure of “match importance” is useful in a number of decision problems, for example: as a metric in tournament design; for selecting matches for broadcasting; for scheduling matches in a tournament; and for assigning referees. To dat... Read More about The importance of a match in a tournament.

The waste strategy for England 2007 : is it deliverable? (2008)
Journal Article
Adshead, J. (2008). The waste strategy for England 2007 : is it deliverable?. Environmental Law Review, 10(1), 46-51. https://doi.org/10.1350/enlr.2008.10.1.004

Following a Defra consultation from February to May 2006, the government published its new waste strategy in May 2007. This substantial publication runs to 123 pages, eight chapters and multiple appendices. The strategy constitutes part of the implem... Read More about The waste strategy for England 2007 : is it deliverable?.

Non-discretionary use of information system and the technology acceptance model (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Ahmad, H., & Basden, A. (2008, January). Non-discretionary use of information system and the technology acceptance model. Presented at Annual IRIS Conference, University of Salford, Salford

The purpose of this paper is to review literature used Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as their theoretical foundation in non-discretionary use (NDU) environment. NDU means system that user who worked in the organisation must used the system withou... Read More about Non-discretionary use of information system and the technology acceptance model.

Engaging with and enriching humanist thought: the case of information systems (2008)
Journal Article
Basden, A. (2008). Engaging with and enriching humanist thought: the case of information systems

Those who believe that explicitly Christian thinking is possible in the scientific disciplines tend to assume that it must be antithetical to the world’s thinking. Based on
some of the author’s experience, this article examines a different approach,... Read More about Engaging with and enriching humanist thought: the case of information systems.

New research directions for data and knowledge engineering: A philosophy of language approach (2008)
Journal Article
Basden, A., & Klein, H. (2008). New research directions for data and knowledge engineering: A philosophy of language approach. Data and Knowledge Engineering, 67(2), 260-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.datak.2008.05.005

This article advances a strategic proposal that would enable future research in data/knowledge engineering and natural language processing to take a broader range of meanings into account than can be derived from analyzing text with current methods f... Read More about New research directions for data and knowledge engineering: A philosophy of language approach.

British syndicalism and trade union officialdom (2008)
Journal Article
Darlington, R. (2008). British syndicalism and trade union officialdom. Historical Studies in Industrial Relations, 103-140

Strike mobilisation and union revitalisation (2008)
Journal Article
Darlington, R. (2008). Strike mobilisation and union revitalisation

Smoothing and adjustments of demand forecasts for inventory control (2008)
Journal Article
Syntetos, A., & Boylan, J. (2008). Smoothing and adjustments of demand forecasts for inventory control. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 19(2), 175-192. https://doi.org/10.3182/20060517-3-FR-2903.00104

Demand forecasting and stock control are traditionally examined as independent of each other. Even though this weakness has been highlighted in the academic literature, little empirical work has been conducted on forecasting adjustments addressing th... Read More about Smoothing and adjustments of demand forecasts for inventory control.