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The OR approach to forecasting: comments on Mingers' paper

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Ormerod, R. The OR approach to forecasting: comments on Mingers' paper. J Oper Res Soc 57, 1371–1373 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602237

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