Genetic programming application to generate technical trading rules in stock markets

International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 244-250

  Esfahanipour, Akbar ^a   Mousavi, Somaye ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

genetic programming; GP; stock markets; technical trading rules; Tehran Stock Exchange; TSE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902381714     PISSN: 17550556     EISSN: 17550564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijris.2010.036870     Document Type: Article

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