The merging of neural networks, fuzzy logic, and genetic algorithms

Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 115-131

  Shapiro, Arnold F ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarial; Fusion; Fuzzy logic; Genetic algorithms; Insurance; Merging; Neural networks; Soft computing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037143979     PISSN: 01676687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6687(02)00124-5     Document Type: Article

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