African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

Model selection on tourism forecasting: A comparison between Bayesian model averaging and Lasso

Jiyuan Wang
  • Jiyuan Wang
  • School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
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Geng Peng*
  • Geng Peng*
  • School of Economics and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
  • Google Scholar
Shouyang Wang
  • Shouyang Wang
  • Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
  • Google Scholar


  •  Received: 29 December 2016
  •  Accepted: 03 February 2017
  •  Published: 28 April 2017

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