Application of neural network to study share price volatility.

by Lam King Wan. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-73). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii. / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv. / Section / Chapter I. --- OBJECTIVE --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.3 / The principal investment risk --- p.3 / Effect of risk on investment --- p.4 / Investors' concern for investment risk --- p.6 / Chapter III. --- THE INPUT PARAMETERS --- p.9 / Chapter IV. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.15 / What is an artificial neural network? --- p.15 / What is a neuron? --- p.16 / Biological versus artificial neuron --- p.16 / Operation of a neural network --- p.17 / Neural network paradigm --- p.20 / Feedforward as the most suitable form of neural network --- p.22 / Capability of neural network --- p.23 / The learning process --- p.25 / Testing the network --- p.29 / Neural network computing --- p.29 / Neural network versus conventional computer --- p.30 / Neural network versus a knowledge based system --- p.32 / Strength of neural network --- p.34 / Weaknesses of neural network --- p.35 / Chapter V. --- NEURAL NETWORK AS A TOOL FOR INVESTMENT ANALYSIS --- p.38 / Neural network in financial applications --- p.38 / Trading in the stock market --- p.41 / Why neural network could outperform in the stock market? --- p.43 / Applications of neural network --- p.45 / Chapter VI. --- BUILDING THE NEURAL NETWORK MODEL --- p.47 / Implementation process --- p.48 / Step 1´ؤ Problem specification --- p.49 / Step 2 ´ؤ Data collection --- p.51 / Step 3 ´ؤ Data analysis and transformation --- p.55 / Step 4 ´ؤ Training data set extraction --- p.58 / Step 5 ´ؤ Selection of network architecture --- p.60 / Step 6 ´ؤ Selection of training algorithm --- p.62 / Step 7 ´ؤ Training the network --- p.64 / Step 8 ´ؤ Model deployment --- p.65 / Chapter 7 --- RESULT AND CONCLUSION --- p.67 / Result --- p.67 / Conclusion --- p.69 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.72

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322462
Date January 1999
ContributorsLam, King Wan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Business Administration.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, iv, 73 leaves ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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