Fundamental framework for "technical analysis" of market prices

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 579-601

  Andersen, J V ^a   Gluzman, S ^b   Sornette, D ^b,c  

^a NORDITA   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

02.50. r Probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistics; 05.40. a Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion; 89.90.+n Other areas of general interest to physicists

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000807912     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510051067     Document Type: Article

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