Forecasting IPO returns using feature selection and entropy-based rough sets

International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1861-1875

  Chen, Youshyang ^a   Chang, Juifang ^b   Cheng, Chinghsue ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Feature selection; Initial returns; IPO; Minimize entropy; Rough sets

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649106005     PISSN: 13494198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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