Improving prediction of neural networks: A study of two financial prediction tasks

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 219-233

  Sen, Tarun K ^a   Ghandforoush, Parviz ^a   Stivason, Charles T ^b  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^b CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy Prediction; Merger Prediction; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449130166     PISSN: 11739126     EISSN: 15327612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327612jamd0804_2     Document Type: Article

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