Self-organizing maps could improve the classification of Spanish mutual funds

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1039-1054

  Moreno, David ^a   Marco, Paulina ^b   Olmeda, Ignacio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clustering; Finance; Investment analysis; Mutual funds; Self organizing map (SOM)

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

CLUSTERING; INVESTMENT ANALYSIS; MUTUAL FUNDS;

FINANCE;

EID: 33746347649     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.12.018     Document Type: Article

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