Neural networks have been found to be promising in financial prediction tasks like bankruptcy and loan defaults. Their use in the capital markets is relatively new, although they have been used with some success in picking undervalued stocks. Accurate prediction of corporate takeover targets...

Improved classification performance has practical real-world benefits ranging from improved effectiveness in detecting diseases to increased efficiency in identifying firms that are committing financial fraud. Multiclassifier combination (MCC) aims to improve classification performance by...