A grammar model for foreign-exchange trading

Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence IC-AI 2003

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 492-498

  Brabazon, Tony ^a   O'Neill, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Foreign exchange prediction; Grammatical evolution; Technical trading rules

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GRAMMARS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRADING; GRAMMATICAL EVOLUTION; MARKET TRADING SYSTEM; TECHNICAL ANALYSIS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 1642393081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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