Identifying merger and takeover targets using a self-organising map

Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ICAI'06

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 408-413

  Little, Emma ^a   Hickey, Ruth ^b   Brabazon, Anthony ^c  

^a KPMG   (Ireland)

^b Ernst and Young   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Prediction of takeover and merger targets; Self organising map

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL INFORMATION; SELF-ORGANISED; SELF-ORGANISING MAPS; TRAINING SETS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INDUSTRY; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

MERGING;

EID: 84866082780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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