Simona Hašková – Institute of Technology and Business in Ceske Budejovice, School of Expertness and Valuation, Okruzni
517/10, 37001 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Jakub Horák – Institute of Technology and Business in Ceske Budejovice, School of Expertness and Valuation, Okruzni
517/10, 37001 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/tmt.2020.601
Keywords: Decision making, Artificial neural networks, Six sigma, Forecasting, Fuzzy approach.
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