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... With the evolution of knowledge, different techniques for forecasting have emerged, and new classifications to understand them. Reference [81] classified the different techniques into two broad groups of Intuitive and Formalized methods and divided Formalized methods further into Mathematical, System-structural, Associated, and Advanced information methods. ...
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