Applications of bio-inspired systems as function approximators

Author

Firtat, B. ; Lazar, S.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. for Res. & Dev. in Microtechnologies, Bucharest, Romania

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

28 Sept.-2 Oct. 2003

Abstract

In this paper we would like to show how the bio-inspired systems topologies can be applied as function approximators (nonlinear regressors) in a wealth of practical applications. We selected one application in the financial industry and another in real estate. The goal is to discover nonlinear mappings between input variables and important outcomes. In the financial arena the outcome is to predict the value of the S&P 500 (one of the most important Standard&Poor´s indexes), using several financial indicators, while in the real estate application the problem is to estimate the price of a house based on several indicators. We will see that bio-inspired systems provide a very powerful analysis tool. The software tool used was NeuroSolutions, from NeuroDimension Inc., a leading edge neural network development software.

Keywords

finance; neural nets; NeuroSolutions; S&P 500; Standard&Poor´s indexes; bio-inspired systems; financial industry; function approximators; house price; important outcomes; input variables; leading edge neural network development software; nonlinear mappings; nonlinear regressors; real estate; software tool; Adaptive filters; Adaptive systems; Application software; Input variables; Neural networks; Power system modeling; Research and development; Software tools; Topology; Vectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Conference, 2003. CAS 2003. International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7821-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMICND.2003.1252463

Filename

1252463