In this position paper we discuss how language influences the mind by comparing robots that have language with robots that do not have language. Robots with language respond more adaptively to objects belonging to different categories and requiring different behaviors compared to robots without...

One of the key problems in database marketing is the identification and profiling of households that are most likely to be interested in a particular product or service. Principal component analysis (PCA) of customer background information followed by logistic regression analysis of response...

Predicting job completion time is an important but difficult task to a semiconductor fabrication plant. To further enhance its effectiveness, an evolving hybrid neural approach is proposed in this study. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, Production Simulation (PS) is also...

Business sectors ranging from banking and insurance to retail, are benefiting from a whole new generation of 'intelligent' computing techniques. Successful applications include asset forecasting, credit evaluation, fraud detection, portfolio optimization, customer profiling, risk assessment,...

This research addresses an important problem in finance, which is the portfolio selection and management problem. Modern portfolio theory and Markowitz efficient frontier start with a set of assets (securities) and generate an optimal weight combination for the optimal risky portfolio that lies...

In this paper, a novel hybrid intelligent framework is developed by applying a systematic integration of group method of data handling (GMDH) neural networks with genetic algorithm and rule-based expert system with web-based text mining for crude oil price forecasting. Our research reveals that...

This work is focused on Artificial Intelligence and the complex discussion about the possibilities of creating a machine thinking as man does.Through this analysis, it emerges that the chances of success of IA program change according to the different theories about mind which were faced in the...

This paper proposes a genetic-based hybrid approach to predict the possibility of corporate failure. We use Genetic Algorithm (GA) to select the critical variables set and optimise the weight of each classifier for integrating the best features of several classification approaches (such as...

This paper proposes a genetic-based hybrid approach to predict the possibility of corporate failure. We use Genetic Algorithm (GA) to select the critical variables set and optimise the weight of each classifier for integrating the best features of several classification approaches (such as...

There is a growing consensus that social and economic sustainability depends on limited natural capital. Ecological Footprint (EF) provides an alternative tool to account for natural capital. This study presents two models to research Wuhan's natural capital: first using Genetic Algorithm Neural...