Romeijnders, Ward; Teunter, Ruud; van Jaarsveld, Willem - In: European Journal of Operational Research 220 (2012) 2, pp. 386-393
Forecasting spare parts demand is notoriously difficult, as demand is typically intermittent and lumpy. Specialized methods such as that by Croston are available, but these are not based on the repair operations that cause the intermittency and lumpiness of demand. In this paper, we do propose a...