In the data mining and machine learning fields, forecasting the direction of price change can be generally formulated as a supervised classfii cation. This paper attempts to predict the direction of daily changes of the Nasdaq Composite Index (NCI) and of the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite...

We consider a supplier of style goods who sells his products through a single retailer. Previous research has shown that there exists a continuum of buy-back contracts which can induce the retailer to order the system optimal quantity. In this paper we show that when forecasting choice is...

The void fraction distribution is crucial for the two-phase flow characteristics, the available Void fraction Distribution Fast Prediction model (VDFP) can improve the prediction accuracy of the 1D nuclear system analysis codes. In the past, one VDFP called 1D Test-Solver was developed to...