Simulation of ECB decisions and forecast of short term Euro rate with an adaptive fuzzy expert system

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 363-381

  Rizzi, Lorenzo ^a   Bazzana, Flavio ^a   Kasabov, Nikola ^b   Fedrizzi, Mario ^a   Erzegovesi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

European central bank; Expert systems; Fuzzy sets; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FINANCE; FUZZY SETS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

MONETARY POLICY;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0037332890     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00543-X     Document Type: Article

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