eprintid: 1632 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 6 dir: disk0/00/00/16/32 datestamp: 2013-07-08 14:07:40 lastmod: 2013-07-08 14:07:40 status_changed: 2013-07-08 14:07:40 type: monograph metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Giovanis, Eleftherios creators_id: eleftherios.giovanis@imtlucca.it title: Applications of Neural Network Radial Basis Function in Economics and Financial Time Series ispublished: pub subjects: HB subjects: HG divisions: EIC full_text_status: none monograph_type: working_paper keywords: Keywords: Radial Basis Function, Neural Networks, Time-Series, Forecasting, Stock Returns, MATLAB, Error Backpropagation Algorithm - JEL Classification: C22, C45, C53, C63, G10 abstract: In this paper we present the Radial Basis Neural Network Function. We examine some simple numerical examples of time-series in economics and finance. The forecasting performance is significant superior, especially in financial time-series, to traditional econometric modeling indicating that artificial intelligence procedure are more appropriate. Some MATLAB routines are presented for further application research. date: 2010-08 date_type: published pages: 20 id_number: 10.2139/ssrn.1667442 institution: IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca official_url: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1667442 citation: Giovanis, Eleftherios Applications of Neural Network Radial Basis Function in Economics and Financial Time Series. Working Paper