Fuzzy methods for demand forecasting in supply chain management

Başar Öztayşi*, Eda Bolturk

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Abstract

Forecasting the future demand is crucial for supply chain planning. In this chapter, the fuzzy methods that can be used to forecast future by historical demand information are explained. The examined methods include fuzzy time series, fuzzy regression, adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system and fuzzy rule based systems. The literature review is given and the methods are introduced for the mentioned methods. Also two numerical applications using fuzzy time series are presented. In one of the examples, future enrollments of a university is forecasted using Hwang, Chen and Lee's study and in the other example a company's oil consumption is predicted using Singh's algorithm. Finally, the forecasting accuracy of the methods is determined by using Mean Absolute Error (MAE).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSupply Chain Management Under Fuzziness
Subtitle of host publicationRecent Developments and Techniques
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages243-268
Number of pages26
ISBN (Print)9783642539381
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Publication series

NameStudies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing
Volume313
ISSN (Print)1434-9922

Keywords

  • Adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system
  • Fuzzy forecasting
  • Fuzzy regression
  • Fuzzy rule based systems
  • Fuzzy time series

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