Judgmental decomposition: when does it work?

We hypothesized that multiplicative decomposition would improve accuracy only in certain conditions. In particular, we expected it to help for problems involving extreme and uncertain values. We first reanalyzed results from two published studies. Decomposition improved accuracy for nine problems th...

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Published in:International journal of forecasting 1994-12, Vol.10 (4), p.495-506
Main Authors: MacGregor, Donald G., Armstrong, J.Scott
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Decision Analysis
Decomposition
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Extreme Values
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Multiplicative Decomposition
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Uncertainty
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