Using artificial neural networks for transport decisions: Managerial guidelines

One information technology that may be considered by transportation managers, and which is included in the portfolio of technologies that encompass TMS. is artificial neural networks (ANNs). These artificially intelligent computer decision support software provide solutions by finding and recognizing complex patterns in data. ANNs have been used successfully by transportation managers to forecast transportation demand, estimate future transport costs, schedule vehicles and shipments, route vehicles and classify earners for selection. Artificial neural networks excel in transportation decision environments that are dynamic, complex and unstructured. This article introduces ANNs to transport managers by describing ANN technological capabilities, reporting the current status of transportation neural network applications, presenting ANN applications that offer significant potential for future development and offering managerial guidelines for ANN development.

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Forecasting Stock Returns with Artificial Neural Networks

Neural Networks in Business Forecasting ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-176-6.ch003 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 47-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Suraphan Thawornwong ◽

David Enke

Keyword(s):

Neural Network ◽

Neural Networks ◽

Artificial Neural Network ◽

Artificial Neural Networks ◽

Stock Returns ◽

Future Research ◽

Network Architectures ◽

Network Applications ◽

Artificial Neural ◽

Neural Network Applications

During the last few years there has been growing literature on applications of artificial neural networks to business and financial domains. In fact, a great deal of attention has been placed in the area of stock return forecasting. This is due to the fact that once artificial neural network applications are successful, monetary rewards will be substantial. Many studies have reported promising results in successfully applying various types of artificial neural network architectures for predicting stock returns. This chapter reviews and discusses various neural network research methodologies used in 45 journal articles that attempted to forecast stock returns. Modeling techniques and suggestions from the literature are also compiled and addressed. The results show that artificial neural networks are an emerging and promising computational technology that will continue to be a challenging tool for future research.

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Artificial Neural Networks

Intelligent Information Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-941-0.ch010 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 222-243

Author(s):

Joarder Kamruzzaman ◽

Ruhul Sarker

Keyword(s):

Neural Network ◽

Neural Networks ◽

Artificial Neural Network ◽

Artificial Neural Networks ◽

Network Models ◽

Neural Network Models ◽

Network Applications ◽

The Neural Network ◽

Artificial Neural ◽

Neural Network Applications

The primary aim of this chapter is to present an overview of the artificial neural network basics and operation, architectures, and the major algorithms used for training the neural network models. As can be seen in subsequent chapters, neural networks have made many useful contributions to solve theoretical and practical problems in finance and manufacturing areas. The secondary aim here is therefore to provide a brief review of artificial neural network applications in finance and manufacturing areas.

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