Connectionist Approaches in Economics and Management Sciences

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Other Authors: Lesage, Cédric (Editor), Cottrell, Marie (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Series:Advances in Computational Management Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I: Advances in connectionist approaches in Economics and Management Sciences
  • 1: Evolution of complex economic systems and uncertain information
  • 2: Possibilistic case-based decisions
  • 3: Introduction to multilayer perceptron and hybrid hidden Markov models
  • 4: Issues and dilemmas in cognitive economics
  • II. Applications in Economics and Management Sciences
  • 5: Working times in atypical forms of employment: The special case of part-time work
  • 6: Work and employment policies in French establishments in 1998
  • 7: Measuring and optimizing the validity of Means-End data
  • 8: Synergy modelling and financial valuation: The contribution of Fuzzy Integrals
  • 9: Mechanisms of discipline and corporate performance: Evidence from France
  • 10: Approximation by radial basis function networks
  • 11: The dynamics of the term structure of interest rates: An Independent Component Analysis
  • 12: Classifying hedge funds with Kohonen maps: A first attempt