business applications and computational intelligence

[...]... prohibited Computational Intelligence Applications in Business 3 reviews of CI applications available in the literature This cross-section of the field (as opposed to a comprehensive review) will briefly outline some of the different “tools of intelligence and show examples of their applications across a broad spectrum of business applications Tools of Intelligence The study of computational intelligence. .. Rossi and Kristin Roth at Idea Group Publishing Finally, we wish to thank out families for their support during the project Kevin E Voges, PhD and Nigel K Ll Pope, PhD Editors xiv Section I Introduction Computational Intelligence Applications in Business 1 Chapter I Computational Intelligence Applications in Business: A Cross-Section of the Field Kevin E Voges, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Nigel... relating to computational intelligence (also commonly called artificial intelligence) and business applications, particularly the journal-based literature The modern investigation into artificial intelligence started with Alan Turing who asked in 1948 if it would be possible for “machinery to show intelligent behaviour.” The computational intelligence discipline is primarily concerned with understanding... without written permission of Idea Group Inc is prohibited Computational Intelligence Applications in Business 13 Kalogirou, S A (2003) Artificial intelligence for the modeling and control of combustion processes: A review Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 29(6), 515-566 Konar, A (2000) Artificial intelligence and soft computing: Behavioral and cognitive modeling of the human brain Boca Raton,... Decker, 2001), marketing analysis (Schwartz, 2000), competitive intelligence (Desouza, 2001), and database searching (Ryoke & Nakamori, 2005) Business Applications The previous section has identified many references relating to business applications of CI, categorized by the CI technique used There are also many reviews and papers covering business applications that refer to CI in general, rather than reporting... Research, 166, 694-716 Chen, S.-H (2005) Computational intelligence in economics and finance: Carrying on the legacy of Herbert Simon Information Sciences, 170(1), 121-131 Chen, S.-H., & Wang, P P (2004) Computational intelligence in economics and finance Berlin: Springer Chen, S.-H., & Wang, P (2005) Editorial—Special issue on computational intelligence in economics and finance Information Sciences, 170(1),... fluid dynamics, psychology, engineering, medicine, computer science and business (Gyan, Voges, & Pope, 2004) ANN have been widely applied to a variety of business problems, and in some fields such as marketing, they are the most widely applied computational intelligence technique A number of reviews of ANN applications in business and management have appeared (Krycha & Wagner, 1999; Vellido, Lisboa,... (p 2) Computational intelligence also has the advantage of making the computational hypothesis explicit in the name” (p 2) For these reasons, we prefer (and use) the term computational intelligence (CI) Debates about terminology aside, 50 years of study into “the principles of intelligent behavior” have led to the development of a wide range of software tools with applications relevant for most business. .. prohibited Computational Intelligence Applications in Business 9 References Adya, M., & Collopy, F (1998) How effective are neural networks at forecasting and prediction? A review and evaluation Journal of Forecasting, 17(5/6), 481-495 Alon, I., Qi, M., & Sadowski, R (2001) Forecasting aggregate retail sales: A comparison of artificial neural networks and traditional methods Journal of Retailing and Consumer... Integrating group Delphi, fuzzy logic and expert systems for marketing strategy development: The hybridization and its effectiveness Marketing Intelligence and Planning, 20(4/5), 273-284 Liao, S-H (2005) Expert system methodologies and applications — a decade review from 1995 to 2004 Expert Systems with Applications, 28(1), 93-103 Lin, B., & Bruwer, J (1996) Neural network applications in marketing Journal . Data Business applications and computational intelligence / Kevin Voges and Nigel Pope, editors. p. cm. Summary: "This book deals with the computational intelligence field, particularly business. the publisher. Business Applications and Computational Intelligence Table of Contents Preface vii Section I: Introduction Chapter I Computational Intelligence Applications in Business: A Cross-Section. concepts and techniques to both theoretical frameworks and practical applications in business. Despite the variety of application areas and techniques, all chapters provide practical business applications. This