This book aims to be an introductory reference book for professionals, students and academics interested in applying neural networks to a variety of business applications. It introduces the three most common neural network models and how they work, followed by a wide range of business...

Forecasting is one of the most important activities that form the basis for strategic, tactical, and operational decisions in all business organizations. Recently, neural networks have emerged as an important tool for business forecasting. There are considerable interests and applications in...

Healthcare costs around the globe are on the rise, creating a strong need for new ways of assisting the requirements of the healthcare system. Besides applications in other areas, neural networks have naturally found many promising applications in the health and medicine areas. This book...

"This book introduces Higher Order Neural Networks (HONNs) to computer scientists and computer engineers as an open box neural networks tool when compared to traditional artificial neural networks"--Provided by publisher.

"This book introduces various computational intelligence techniques that are applied to remanufacturing-related issues, results, and lessons from specific applications while highlighting future development and research"--Provided by publisher.

"This book introduces effective parameters for improving the performance and application of machine learning and pattern recognition techniques to facilitate medical processes for those interested in the relationship between artificial intelligence and medical science through the use of...

"This book is the first book to provide opportunities for millions working in economics, accounting, finance and other business areas education on HONNs, the ease of their usage, and directions on how to obtain more accurate application results. It provides significant, informative advancements...

Section I. Introduction -- Chapter I. Artificial Neural Networks: Applications in Finance and Manufacturing / Joarder Kamruzzaman, Ruhul A. Sarker, Rezaul K. Begg -- Chapter II. Simultaneous Evolution of Network Architectures and Connection Weights in Artificial Neural Networks / Ruhul A....

"This book offers an outlook of the most recent works at the field of the Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), including theoretical developments and applications of systems using intelligent characteristics for adaptability"--Provided by publisher.

Section 1. Introduction -- 1. Computational intelligence applications in business : a cross-section of the field / Kevin E. Voges, Nigel K. Ll. Pope -- 2. Making decisions with data : using computational intelligence within a business environment / Kevin Swingler, David Cairns -- 3....