Soft Computing and its Applications in Business and Economics

✍ Scribed by Professor Rafik Aziz Aliev, Professor Bijan Fazlollahi, Professor Rashad Rafik Aliev (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 456
• Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing 157
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This monograph provides a self-contained exposition of the foundations of soft computing, and presents a vast compendium of its applications to business, finance, decision analysis and economics.

It is the first book on applications of soft computing - based hybrid methods combining fuzzy logic, neuro-computing, evolutionary computing, probabilistic computing and chaotic computing in functional areas of business and economics. The applications range from transportation and health case systems to intelligent stock market prediction, risk management systems, and e-commerce.

This book is a valuable aid to anyone considering the application of Soft Computing theory and technology to real problems of business and economics and can be used as a basic text for introducing business managers, scientists, teachers and students to Soft Computing technology, enabling them to initiate projects and make applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Introduction to Soft Computing....Pages 1-9
Constituent Methodologies of Soft Computing....Pages 11-158
Emerging Combined Soft Computing Technologies....Pages 159-218
Soft Computing Technologies in Business and Economic Forecasting....Pages 219-242
Soft Computing Based Decision Making and DSS....Pages 243-331
Soft Computing in Marketing....Pages 333-350
Soft Computing Applications in Operations Management....Pages 351-402
Soft Computing in Finance....Pages 403-429
Soft Computing in Electronic Business....Pages 431-446

✦ Subjects

Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Business Information Systems