Kiefer, Daniel
[Author];
Grimm, Florian
[Author];
van Dinther, Clemens
[Author]
Artificial intelligence in supply chain management: investigation of transfer learning to improve demand forecasting of intermittent time series with deep learning
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Media type:
Electronic Conference Proceeding
Title:
Artificial intelligence in supply chain management: investigation of transfer learning to improve demand forecasting of intermittent time series with deep learning
Contributor:
Kiefer, Daniel
[Author];
Grimm, Florian
[Author];
van Dinther, Clemens
[Author]
Published:
Honolulu : University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2022
Language:
English
Origination:
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Description:
Demand forecasting intermittent time series is a challenging business problem. Companies have difficulties in forecasting this particular form of demand pattern. On the one hand, it is characterized by many non-demand periods and therefore classical statistical forecasting algorithms, such as ARIMA, only work to a limited extent. On the other hand, companies often cannot meet the requirements for good forecasting models, such as providing sufficient training data. The recent major advances of artificial intelligence in applications are largely based on transfer learning. In this paper, we investigate whether this method, originating from computer vision, can improve the forecasting quality of intermittent demand time series using deep learning models. Our empirical results show that, in total, transfer learning can reduce the mean square error by 65 percent. We also show that especially short (65 percent reduction) and medium long (91 percent reduction) time series benefit from this approach.