Professor Robert Fildes
BA Oxon, MA, PhD California
Professor of Operational Research and Operations Management
Department
Management Science
Organisational Roles
Joint Director of Centre for Forecasting. Director of IT in LUMS.
External Roles
Associate Editorship, International Journal of Forecasting. President (from 1999), International Institute of Forecasters, Past-President from 2004.
Teaching
Undergraduate: MSCI 311: Statistical modelling for decision making. Postgraduate: MSc OR Statistics. Post-Experience: Forecasting
Research Interests
Comparative performance of various methods of forecasting. Forecasting method selection and the evaluation of forecasting methods. Forecasting systems to support production and inventory. The effects of promotions on fast moving consumer goods. The organization of the forecasting function. Adoption and diffusion of new technology
Research Grants
The Design of Forecasting Support Systems, funded by the EPSRC:
View all publications (49)
Journal/Serial (28)
Chapter in Book (3)
Working Paper (16)
Conference (2)
Selected Publications
- Soopramanien DGR, Fildes RA and Robertson A, 2007, 'Consumer decision making, e-commerce and perceived risks', Applied Economics, vol 39, pp 2159-2166
- Robertson A, Soopramanien DGR and Fildes RA, 2007, 'Segmentation based analysis of internet service adoption of UK households', Technology in Society, vol 29, pp 339-350
- Fildes RA, Goodwin P and Lawrence M, 2006, 'The design features of forecasting support systems and their effectiveness', Decision Support Systems, vol 42(1), pp 351-361
- Allen PG and Fildes RA, 2005, 'Levels, difference and ECMs: principles for improved econometric forecasting', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol 67, pp 881-904
- Rose MB, Fildes RA and Elsubbaugh S, 2004, 'Preparation for crisis management: a proposed model and empirical evidence', Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, vol 12(3), pp 112-127
- Liao KP and Fildes RA, 2004, 'The accuracy of a procedural approach to specifying feedforward neural networks for forecasting', Computers and Operations Research, vol 32(8), pp 2151-2169
- Amstrong JS and Fildes RA, 2004, 'Forecasting and prediction', in The Social Science Encyclopedia, (eds) Kuper A, Routledge, London and New York, ISBN: 0-415-32096-8
- Fildes RA, Goodwin P and Nikolopoulos K, 2004, 'Analysis of company sales data', International Symposium on Forecasting ISF (Sydney )
- Fildes RA and Nikolopoulos K, 2004, 'Sales forecasting support systems (FSS) for the supply chain', Operational Research 46th Annual Conference (York )
- Robertson A, Soopramanien DGR and Fildes RA, 2004, 'Understanding residential internet adoption patterns in the UK', Telektronikk, vol 100(4), pp 84-93
