Genetic Programming with Wavelet-Based Indicators for Financial Forecasting

Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-297

  li, Jin ^a   Shi, Zhu ^b   li, Xiaoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

financial forecasting; genetic programming; stock data; wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FORECASTING; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

FINANCIAL FORECASTING; STOCK DATA; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33845611613     PISSN: 01423312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0142331206tim177oa     Document Type: Article

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