Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience
Volume 2017 (2017), Article ID 4315419, 16 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4315419
Box Office Forecasting considering Competitive Environment and Word-of-Mouth in Social Networks: A Case Study of Korean Film Market
1Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Hanbat National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
2Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea
3School of Industrial Management Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Correspondence should be addressed to Pilsung Kang; rk.ca.aerok@gnak_gnuslip
Received 20 February 2017; Accepted 18 June 2017; Published 27 July 2017
Academic Editor: Sandhya Samarasinghe
Copyright © 2017 Taegu Kim et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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