Modelling empirical data and decision making with neural networks

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 180-202

  Vojinovic, Zoran ^a   Kecman, Vojislav ^a   Seidel, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

forecasting; linear models; Neural networks; regression based decision models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745048103     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2002.002472     Document Type: Article

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