Presently, there are many models to predict the trend of a time series. However, different models have different prediction ability. Combinations of these models may provide a better performance than those provided by individuals. In this paper, experts are constructed by choosing different architectural parameters of two modified network models: Buffered Back-Propagation and Improved Clusnet. ...

the blue ocean strategy aims to create business in the fields which didn’t exist before. this research has been developed with the aim of designing a blue ocean strategy as a modern solution. the current study is a functional one situated in the descriptive survey group, considering the nature of the subject and the goals. the judgment sampling is applied to determine the criteria frameworks an...

A conflict of interest is defined as "a set of conditions in which professional judgment concerning a primary interest (such as a patient's welfare or the validity of research) tends to be unduly influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain)" [Thompson DF. Understanding financial conflicts of interest. N Engl J Med 1993;329(8):573-576]. Because financial conflict of interest (fCOI...

This paper investigates the use of strategies to enhance an existing machine learning tool, C4.5, to deal with concept drift and non-determinism in a time series domain. Temporal prediction is a difficult problem faced in most human endeavours. While many specialised time series prediction techniques have been developed, these techniques have limitations. Most are restricted to modeling whole s...

BACKGROUND Health and social care professionals are well positioned to identify and intervene in cases of elder financial abuse. An evidence-based educational intervention was developed to advance practitioners' decision-making in this domain. The objective was to test the effectiveness of a decision-training educational intervention on novices' ability to detect elder financial abuse. The rese...

In the global market place, many companies have had to adapt their strategies to meet significant challenges. A strategy adopted by some companies has been international expansion via acquisitions. The need for expert knowledge to determine an appropriate company to acquire has been complicated by the sheer size of the global market place. The costs associated with this in relation to time and ...

Groups of enterprises guarantee each other and form complex guarantee networks when they try to obtain loans from banks. Such secured loan can enhance the solvency and promote the rapid growth in the economic upturn period. However, potential systemic risk may happen within the risk binding community. Especially, during the economic down period, the crisis may spread in the guarantee network li...

Financial instruments are one of the fundamental dimensions of financial markets that guarantee their efficiency and effectiveness of these markets. These instruments playe a main role in economy to direct money from saving sources to investment needs. These instruments provide possibility of financing companies from public and private sources and also are considered as investment instruments f...