Traditional versus novel forecasting techniques: How much do we gain?

Mathematics

• Support Vector Machine 73%
• Forecasting 67%
• Unobserved Components 65%
• Wavelets 52%
• Moving Average 46%
• Artificial Neural Network 25%
• Forecast 23%
• Manufacturing 21%
• Finance 20%
• Time series 17%
• Economics 17%
• Multiplicative 16%
• Methodology 14%
• Alternatives 12%

Business & Economics

• Support Vector Machine 100%
• Unobserved Components 85%
• Wavelets 68%
• Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average 49%
• Forecasting Accuracy 22%
• Artificial Neural Network 20%
• Finance 19%
• Encompassing 19%
• Manufacturing 18%
• Economics 10%
• Methodology 9%
• Alternatives 9%
• United States of America 7%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Support vector machines 47%
• Finance 22%
• Time series 16%
• Economics 12%
• Neural networks 11%