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On Predicting the Price of Chinese Herbal Medicines Based on the Combination Model of ARIMA and GM (1, 1): A Case Study of Panax Notoginseng

Wu Wanlin, Wang Shuling   

  1. School of Business Administration, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Online:2017-03-20 Published:2017-05-05
  • Contact: Wang Shuling, associate professor. Major research area: retail pharmacy. Tel: 13998302138, E-mail: lingyi50@163.com.

Abstract: Objective To predict the price of Chinese herbal medicines and to provide references for the government policy making and enterprises operation based on a case study. Methods ARIMA model and GM (1, 1) model were used respectively to predict the price of Panax Notoginseng, then variance reciprocal method was used to test the results of the combined prediction. Results and Conclusion GM (1, 1) model is better than ARIMA model to predict the price, but the combination model is the best. Combination forecasting model is more accurate to predict the price of Chinese herbal medicines.

Key words: price of Chinese herbal medicine, combination model, ARIMA model, gray GM (1, 1) mode

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