This paper proves the convergence of applying the radial basis functions as a global spatial approximation method for solving the option pricing models. The computational advantage of this method is illustrated by giving numerical examples on solving both the European and American options pricing models whereas the latter is a free boundary value problem.

soil alkalinity and salinity are serious problems in arid and semi-arid regions, and therefore monitoring of soil ph and electrical conductivity (ec) is necessary in any region. the present study aimed to properly interpolate soil ph and ec as soil quality indices in a semi-arid mountainous area with annual precipitation of 342.4 mm. the study area is the karimabad rangelands in hamadan provinc...

the application of neural networks to model a laboratory scale inverse fluidized bed reactor has been studied. a radial basis function neural network has been successfully employed for the modeling of the inverse fluidized bed reactor. in the proposed model, the trained neural network represents the kinetics of biological decomposition of organic matters in the reactor. the neural network has b...

ix Resumé xi Remerciements xiii Abbréviations xv I General Introduction 1 0.1 Motivations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0.2 Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0.3 Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 0.4 Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Um als Bildungsanbieter bei gefährdeten Studenten rechtszeitig intervenierend eingreifen zu können, sind Verfahren zur Vorhersage studentischer Leistungen notwendig. Viele Arbeiten haben den Einsatz des SVM-Klassifikators vorgeschlagen. Allerdings wurden unzureichende Angaben zur Wahl eines geeigneten Kernel gegeben. Außerdem kann der SVM-Klassifikator bei fehlenden Trainingsdaten zu allen mögl...