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Overview

Robert Fildes is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Decision Sciences, with a specialization in Management Science and Operations Research.

The scientist's research primarily addresses forecasting methodologies and their applications across various domains.

  • Forecasting Techniques and Applications
  • Stock Market Forecasting Methods
  • Complex Systems and Decision Making
  • Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
  • Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting

Frequent publication venues for Fildes include:

  • International Journal of Forecasting
  • European Journal of Operational Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Granular Computing
  • Computational Economics

Notable recent papers by Robert Fildes are:

  • "Stability in the inefficient use of forecasting systems: A case study in a supply chain company," 2020, International Journal of Forecasting
  • "Retail sales forecasting with meta-learning," 2020, European Journal of Operational Research
  • "Recurrent fuzzy time series functions approaches for forecasting," 2021, Granular Computing
  • "Forecasting third-party mobile payments with implications for customer flow prediction," 2020, International Journal of Forecasting
  • "Use of contextual and model-based information in adjusting promotional forecasts," 2022, European Journal of Operational Research

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Shaohui Ma
  • Paul Goodwin
  • Nikolaos Kourentzes
  • Erol Eğrioğlu
  • Shari De Baets

Best Publications

  • The accuracy of extrapolation (time series) methods: Results of a forecasting competition

    S. Makridakis;A. Andersen;A. Andersen;R. Carbone;R. Fildes;R. Fildes

  • Journal of business and economic statistics 5: Garcia-Ferrer, A. et al., ‘Macroeconomic forecasting using pooled international data’, (1987), 53–67

    Robert Fildes

  • Effective forecasting and judgmental adjustments: an empirical evaluation and strategies for improvement in supply-chain planning

    Robert Fildes;Paul Goodwin;Michael Lawrence;Konstantinos Nikolopoulos

  • Forecasting and operational research : a review

    Robert Fildes;Konstantinos Nikolopoulos;Sven F. Crone;Aris A. Syntetos

  • Long-Range Forecasting: From Crystal Ball to Computer

    J. Scott Armstrong

  • The state of macroeconomic forecasting

    Robert Fildes;Herman Stekler

  • Against Your Better Judgment? How Organizations Can Improve Their Use of Management Judgment in Forecasting

    Robert Fildes;Paul Goodwin

  • Retail forecasting: Research and practice

    Robert Alan Fildes;Shaohui Ma;Stephan Kolassa

  • The Forecasting accuracy of major time series methods

    Robert B. Litterman;S. Makridakis;A. Andersen;R. Carbone

  • Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation.

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  • Measuring forecasting accuracy : the case of judgmental adjustments to SKU-level demand forecasts

    Andrey Davydenko;Robert Fildes

  • The Organization and Improvement of Market Forecasting

    Robert Fildes;Robert Hastings

  • Demand forecasting with high dimensional data: the case of SKU retail sales forecasting with intra- and inter-category promotional information

    Shaohui Ma;Robert Alan Fildes;Tao Huang

  • Principles of Business Forecasting

    J. Keith Ord;Robert Fildes

  • Telecommunications demand forecasting—a review

    Robert Fildes;V. Kumar

  • Journal of business: Lupoletti, William M. and Roy H. Webb, 1986, ‘Defining and improving the accuracy of macroeconomic forecasts; contributions from a VAR model’, 59, 263–284

    Robert Fildes

  • Preparation for Crisis Management: A Proposed Model and Empirical Evidence

    S. Elsubbaugh;R. Fildes;Mary B. Rose

  • The design features of forecasting support systems and their effectiveness

    Robert Fildes;Paul Goodwin;Michael Lawrence

  • The effects of integrating management judgement into intermittent demand forecasts

    Argyrios Syntetos;Konstantinos Nikolopoulos;John E. Boylan;Robert Fildes

  • Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation

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  • Impact of Information Exchange on Supplier Forecasting Performance

    Juan R. Trapero;Nikolaos Kourentzes;R. Fildes

  • Scenarios: The Art of Strategic Conversation

    Robert Fildes

  • New-Product Diffusion Models

    Robert Fildes

  • Research on forecastingJournal of the American Statistical Association: Stanley K. Smith, “Tests of forecast accuracy and bias for country population projections” (with discussion), 82 (1987) 991–1012

    Robert Fildes

  • Journal of business and economic statistics

    Robert Fildes

  • Forecasting structural time series models and the kalman filter

    Robert Fildes

  • Conditioning Diagnostics: Collinearity and Weak Data in Regression

    Robert Fildes

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Goodwin
Paul Goodwin University of Bath
Spyros Makridakis
Spyros Makridakis University of Nicosia
J. Scott Armstrong
J. Scott Armstrong University of Pennsylvania
Alan Dix
Alan Dix Swansea University
Robert L. Winkler
Robert L. Winkler Duke University
Nigel Meade
Nigel Meade Imperial College London
Nada R. Sanders
Nada R. Sanders Northeastern University
Carlo A. Favero
Carlo A. Favero Bocconi University
Robyn M. Dawes
Robyn M. Dawes Carnegie Mellon University
Robin M. Hogarth
Robin M. Hogarth Pompeu Fabra University

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