Longhi, Simonetta; Nijkamp, Peter; Reggianni, Aura; … - In: International Regional Science Review 28 (2005) 3, pp. 330-346
This article analyzes artificial neural networks (ANNs) as a method to compute employment forecasts at a regional level. The empirical application is based on employment data collected for 327West German regionsover a periodof fourteenyears. First, the authors compare ANNs to models commonly...