Biologically Inspired Algorithms for Financial Modelling

Methodologies.- Neural Network Methodologies.- Evolutionary Methodologies.- Grammatical Evolution.- The Particle Swarm Model.- Ant Colony Models.- Artificial Immune Systems.- Model Development.- Model Development Process.- Technical Analysis.- Case Studies.- Overview of Case Studies.- Index Prediction Using MLPs.- Index Prediction Using a MLP-GA Hybrid.- Index Trading Using Grammatical Evolution.- Adaptive Trading Using Grammatical Evolution.- Intra-day Trading Using Grammatical Evolution.- Automatic Generation of Foreign Exchange Trading Rules.- Corporate Failure Prediction Using Grammatical Evolution.- Corporate Failure Prediction Using an Ant Model.- Bond Rating Using Grammatical Evolution.- Bond Rating Using AIS.- Wrap-up.