Fuzzy Logic and NeuroFuzzy Applications in Business and Finance

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OK Book Marred by Crippleware.......2002-04-19

I recently used the book in an introductory AI class. I found it short on good descriptions of the basics, and long on 'user manual' information on FuzzyTech. This was not bad in itself, but FuzzyTech is a VERY complex program and the 'trial version' on the CD will not let you save ANY files or projects. This means you have to do all your learning in one session, or start over the next day. It would have been far more useful if the company had limited the size of the project you could save. I won't use this book again.

Good book to explore Fuzzy Logic solutions.......2001-09-18

I found this book to be a worthwhile read. I agree with the other reviewers that it covers Fuzzytech quite extensively, but a completely working version of fuzzytech ships with the book, so it is possible to follow all the examples in the book. The book triggered some good ideas for me as to how to implement fuzzy logic in the business environment. It does not try to be a very academical book, although various discussions are given to explain Fuzzy Logic. If you are prepared to use Fuzzytech as tool to play around with examples, then this is a good book.

If you plan on learning the Fuzzytech program, you need this.......2001-03-04

As a user of the fuzzy logic program that von Altrock's company makes, I have found that this book is absolutely necessary. The truly weird thing is that Inform, the software publisher, doesn't tell you about this book, when it should be included with every Fuzzy program that they sell. The manual that is included with the program is wretchedly bad; dull, confusing, and pointless. Only worse. Once you discover this book, much of the operational confusion surrounding Fuzzytech will be cleared up. However, von Altrock cannot resist a certain measure of obscurity. NeuroFuzzy applications is direct and clear, but leaves plenty of understanding gaps between one implementation and another. Von Altrock needs to expand this text and provide a wider range of specifics and details. For instance, until very recently, Fuzzytech suffered from a limited ability to read data files. This placed the program far behind the curve of contemporary usage. This is badly needed information; how does the progam really work ? Since this is the ONLY readable volume on the subject, von Altrock and Inform would be well advised to do a more thorough job of linking theory to practice.

Finally something for practitioners.......2000-12-09

I was looking for a good technology to implement risk assessment systems and a colleague pointed me to fuzzy logic. Browsing the various books, I was flooded with mathematical theory and application notes that just claimed, fuzzy is good because it is fuzzy, and gave no hints of what was really done. Altrock's book is different. It goes right to the point and shows you all the works with examples. While the first examples are rather simplistic and only serve a didactic use, the more complicated case studies are quite useful. What is really helpful is the attached software. However, the attached CD is a bit outdated. but I was able to download an updated version of the software examples.

Fuzzy logic and neurofuzzy applications in business and fina.......2000-05-01

This book has a promising blurb which lead to me buy it. I was greatly disappointed. The blurbs suggested that the book would have plenty of detailed examples for the use of fuzzy logic in business and finance. The examples were there, but few and far in between, without the detail that would have made them useful case studies. Instead the author spends almost the entire book on one *single* fuzzy logic software called fuzzytech. The book is more like a manual for fuzzytech applications than it is an exposition on the use of fuzzy logic for business and finance.

Fuzzy and Multiobjective Games for Conflict Resolution (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)

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Fuzzy and Multiobjective Games for Conflict Resolution (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)
Ichiro Nishizaki , and Masatoshi Sakawa
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This book presents some of the most important concepts in noncooperative games and cooperative games and introduces as well the latest advances in the new field of game theory in fuzzy and multiobjective environments. Several game representations and solution concepts are introduced which take the amgiguity and the multiplicity of objectives into consideration. The book also demonstrates the computational methods applied for obtaining the solutions. The reader can learn much about fuzzy and multiobjective games for conflict resolution in most realistic settings without prior mathematical sophistication.

Fuzzy Logic for Business, Finance, and Management (Advances in Fuzzy Systems U Applications and Theory) (Advances in Fuzzy Systems - Applications and Theory)

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Fuzzy Logic for Business, Finance, and Management (Advances in Fuzzy Systems U Applications and Theory) (Advances in Fuzzy Systems - Applications and Theory)
George Bojadziev , and Maria Bojadziev
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This is truly an interdisciplinary book for knowledge workers in business, finance, management and socio-economic sciences based on fuzzy logic. It serves as a guide to and techniques for forecasting, decision making and evaluations in an environment involving uncertainty, vagueness, impression and subjectivity. Traditional modeling techniques, contrary to fuzzy logic, do not capture the nature of complex systems especially when humans are involved. Fuzzy logic uses human experience and judgement to facilitate plausible reasoning in order to reach a conclusion. Emphasis is on applications presented in the 27 case studies including Time Forecasting for Project Management, New Product Pricing, and Control of a Parasit-Pest System.

Fuzzy Logic in Financial Analysis (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)

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Fuzzy Logic in Financial Analysis (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)
Anna Maria Gil-Lafuente
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In today’s increasingly complex and uncertain business environment, financial analysis is yet more critical to business managers who tackle problems of an economic or business nature. Knowledge based on formal logic and even experience becomes less sufficient. This volume systematically sets out the basic elements on which to base financial analysis for business in the new century. It incorporates a previous work that can serve as the basis and foundation for the new contributions that are now being made in the field of financial economy and intend to provide business with instruments and models suitable for dealing with the new economic context. In dealing with rapid and unpredictable changes in technological and business conditions, it postulates a growing reliance on the opinions of experts instead of past data or probabilistic forecasts, which is a radical change but may yield fruitful results. For this reason, much emphasis is devoted to the problem of aggregation of the opinion of experts in the financial field, with the object of limiting, wherever possible, the subjective component of the opinions and making sure that the decisions have the best guarantee of reaching the desired objectives.

Fuzzy Management: Contemporary Ideas and Practices at Work

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A bridge from theory to practice
A bridge between theory and practice

Fuzzy Management: Contemporary Ideas and Practices at Work
Keith Grint
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Offering a bridge between the esoteric world of theory and the practical world of management, Keith Grint here explores current theories such as Fuzzy Logic, Actor-network Theory, Chaos Theory, and Constructivism, through the discussion of some everyday management issues such as Strategic Decision Making, Appraisals, Negotiation, Leadership, Culture, and Motivation. Crisp and concise, this book is a useful guide to all those concerned with the relationship between management theory and practice.

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A bridge from theory to practice.......2004-03-12

Grint's general approach is given in a sort of mission statement in the introduction. The book is written for those people who find current management orthodoxies to be inadequate and who are interested in alternative ideas. They should be interested in how these might be applied to management practice; but they will not want "theoretical books about theory". He seems envisage this constituency as being the classic MBA-type student, who is at the same time a practicing manager. Thus Grint's aim is to provide a bridging work between the worlds of academia and practical management. The book is not written as a practical manual of management. A number of real-life examples from the literature are briefly described to illustrate the points; but there are no case studies, or anecdotes based on Grint's experience (he is a career academic). The approach is academic, though the tone is light. The content is best described as suggestive, rather than comprehensive.

First Grint introduces the idea of `fuzzy thinking', based on work in set theory and mathematical logic. The idea that this is the most appropriate type of thinking for real-world management problems is the primary message of the book. Grint goes on to look at change programmes, chaos and evolutionary theory, actor-network theory, leadership and appraisal, risk management, and negotiating theory. In each case he applies his fuzzy thinking perspective.

A bridge between theory and practice.......2004-03-12

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This book provides in-depth coverage of the most important results about fuzzy logic including negations, conjunctions, disjunctions, implications and gives the interrelations between those different connectives. The work brings together multiple results about valued binary relations satisfying diverse transitivity-type conditions.
The authors propose the first sound introduction to valued preference modelling through the systematic use of fuzzy set theory and functional equations and derive the possible foundations for multicriteria decision aid using aggregation, ranking and choice procedures on the basis of axiomatic results. The text presents a unified view of various multicriteria decision making tools that have been independently derived in the past, dealing with pairwise comparisons. The monograph is mathematically oriented but the results will be of the greatest interest for engineers and economists who design and implement decision support systems in practice. It is also supplied with a sufficient number of examples to make it attractive to nonspecialists.

Soft Computing for Risk Evaluation and Management (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)

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Soft Computing for Risk Evaluation and Management (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)

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Risk is a crucial element in virtually all problems people in diverse areas face in their activities. It is impossible to find adequate models and solutions without taking it into account. Due to uncertainty and complexity in those problems, traditional "hard" tools and techniques may be insufficient for their formulation and solution.
This is the first book in the literature that shows how soft computing methods (fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms, etc.) can be employed to deal with various problems related to risk analysis, evaluation and management in various fields of technology, environment and finance.

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For the millions of small business owners, here is an up-to-the-minute tax guide showing them how to keep what theyve earned by taking advantage of every available tax write-off. Deduction-maximizing strategies and recordkeeping requirements for backing up business deductions are explained. Features include: c Separate chapters outlining major business tax deductionsc New tax legislation affecting small businesses and small business ownersc Checklists of common tax deductions organized by entity typesole proprietor, S corporation and C corporationc Turbo Tax will be quoting this book in its Turbo Tax For Business Software ProgramBarbara Weltman, an attorney and a nationally recognized expert in taxation for small businesses, is quoted regularly in the New York Times and Boardroom Reports and writes frequently about taxes and financial

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J.K. Lasser's Tax Deductions for Your Small Business.......1998-01-15

I recommend J.K. Lasser's Tax Deductions for Your Small Business because it is easy to navigate - one quick look at the table of contents and you automatically feel comfortable with the simple chapter headings i.e. "Home Office Deductions" "Medical Coverage," and "Car Expenses." Also, the book explains each issue with regard to your type of business format, whether you are a sole proprietor, a partnership or LLC, an S or C corporation. I really appreciated the handy checklist of deductions in the back of the book too.

J.K. Lasser's Tax Deductions for Small Business (Jk Lassers Tax Deductions for Small Business)

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Excellent book. Very helpful.
Excellent book, very helpful.
Not very revealing information

J.K. Lasser's Tax Deductions for Small Business (Jk Lassers Tax Deductions for Small Business)
Barbara Weltman
Manufacturer: Macmillan General Reference
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STOP PAYING MORE TAXES ON YOUR BUSINESS-TODAY!

Small businesses are big news. They are profitable, flexible, and productive. But come tax time, most small business owners are at a loss. Let small business and tax expert Barbara Weltman help you maximize your deductions and minimize your payments with J.K. Lasser's New Rules for Small Business Taxes.

With the new tax law in effect, many favorable tax changes have been made for small business owners-but unless you're a tax expert, you might not realize all the ways a small business can benefit from both new and current tax laws. J.K. Lasser's New Rules for Small Business Taxes gives you a complete overview of small business tax planning in an accessible and friendly manner. Focusing on strategies that help you use deductions, business income, and other aspects of your small business to save during tax time, this comprehensive guide is all you need to keep up with Uncle Sam. The invaluable advice and guidance in this book will show you how your actions in business today can affect your bottom line from a tax perspective tomorrow.

In this volume, you'll find:

Detailed coverage of new tax laws and IRS rules
A complete rundown of available business expenses
Comprehensive information on each deductible expense, including dollar limits and record-keeping requirements
Clear instructions on where to report income and claim deductions on your tax forms
Sample forms and helpful checklists that will keep you organized during tax time
Planning strategies that can help you run a tax-smart business all year long-and avoid problems with the IRS

J.K.

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Excellent book. Very helpful........2002-01-26

If you own a business, you have to have this book. It explains everything from employee compensation to the home office deduction. What's great is I find myself referring to it on a regular basis for both simple questions (can I deduct this?) to complex questions (depreciation expense).

I would recommend this book to anyone with a business

Excellent book, very helpful........2002-01-26

I would recommend this book to anyone with a business.

Not very revealing information.......2000-01-23

This is a very basic book that unearths nothing we don't already know. Wow, a SEP-IRA is deductible? And so is health insurance and advertising? C'mon... give me something I can use!

There is nothing in this book that can't be found for free at a number of sites. In fact, Quicken.com may be more detailed, and its free.

Unless you were born 2 days ago, and started a business yesterday, this book will reveal very little.

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J.K. Lasser's Tax Deductions for Your Small Business (3rd ed)
Barbara Weltman
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J. K. LASSER'S TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS 3RD EDITION
BARBARA WELTMAN
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Barbara Weltman
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