Visual predictions of currency crises using self-organizing maps

Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-38

  Sarlin, Peter ^a,b   Marghescu, Dorina ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK   (Germany)

Author keywords

currency crisis; early warning; prediction; self organizing maps; visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85164939817     PISSN: 15501949     EISSN: 21600074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/isaf.321     Document Type: Article

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