Hyndman, Rob J.; Shenstone, Lydia - In: Journal of Forecasting 24 (2005) 6, pp. 389-402
Croston's method is widely used to predict inventory demand when it is intermittent. However, it is an ad hoc method with no properly formulated underlying stochastic model. In this paper, we explore possible models underlying Croston's method and three related methods, and we show that any...