Section I. Introduction -- Chapter I. Artificial Neural Networks: Applications in Finance and Manufacturing / Joarder Kamruzzaman, Ruhul A. Sarker, Rezaul K. Begg -- Chapter II. Simultaneous Evolution of Network Architectures and Connection Weights in Artificial Neural Networks / Ruhul A....

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Section 1. Introduction -- 1. Computational intelligence applications in business : a cross-section of the field / Kevin E. Voges, Nigel K. Ll. Pope -- 2. Making decisions with data : using computational intelligence within a business environment / Kevin Swingler, David Cairns -- 3....

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