The return and various attributes from the McGreggor database were used to estimate the return that will be achieved by different companies in the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). None of the attributes were significantly correlated to the return. The Pearl algorithm in Bayesian belief...

Shares were classified into four states according to their share price performance. A modified Bayesian model was used to find the underlying causal structure. The causal structure was then tested on a holdout sample. Return on shares was estimated based on various accounting attributes over the...

This research presents a stepwise description, explanation and prediction of dependent and independent variables in developing empirical methodology to test the viability of an interest rate commission agent banking system, a system where the bank acts as an agent for investors' loan funding....

An example is shown that the best posterior probability model, as found by the Cooper and Herskovits equation, is not always the causal model. This involves moving from a causal model, to a frequency distribution, to a correlation matrix and back to a model. The elimination heuristic, utilising...