The strategic strength of weak signal analysis

Futures

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-228

  Mendonça, Sandro ^a,d   Cardoso, Gustavo ^b   Caraça, João ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DECISION MAKING; MODELING; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84857653851     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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