A risk-reward framework for the competitive analysis of financial games

Algorithmica (New York)

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-115

  Al Binali, S ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive trading strategies; Competitive analysis; Forecast; On line algorithms; Reward; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 8444238893     PISSN: 01784617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009285     Document Type: Article

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