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An Introduction to Natural Computing in Finance

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The field of Natural Computing (NC) has advanced rapidly over the past decade. One significant offshoot of this progress has been the application of NC methods in finance. This paper provides an introduction to a wide range of financial problems to which NC methods have been usefully applied. The paper also identifies open issues and suggests multiple future directions for the application of NC methods in finance.

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  1. Natural Computing Research and Applications Group, University College Dublin, Ireland

    Jing Dang, Anthony Brabazon, David Edelman & Michael O’Neill

  2. School of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland

    Jing Dang, Anthony Brabazon & David Edelman

  3. School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin, Ireland

    Michael O’Neill

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  3. Department of Computer Engineering, University of Parma, Viale Usberti 181/a, 43100, Parma, Italy

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Dang, J., Brabazon, A., Edelman, D., O’Neill, M. (2009). An Introduction to Natural Computing in Finance. In: Giacobini, M., et al. Applications of Evolutionary Computing. EvoWorkshops 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5484. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01129-0_22

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