Journal of Artificial Evolution and Applications
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 184286, 17 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/184286
Research Article

Evolving Neural Networks for Static Single-Position Automated Trading

Antonia Azzini and Andrea G. B. Tettamanzi

Information Technology Department, University of Milan, Via Bramante 65, 26013 Crema (CR), Italy

Received 30 July 2007; Revised 30 November 2007; Accepted 16 January 2008

Academic Editor: Anthony Brabazon

Copyright © 2008 Antonia Azzini and Andrea G. B. Tettamanzi. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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