Rule Induction for Financial Modeli ing and Model Interpretation

The paper discusses the possibility of appl@tg u specifiic rule indtdiorr ulgorithm, 103 io varivuv jinunciui data analysis tasks. These tasks include noi oniy model building hut also inrerpreting the oufpuls of financial models. The algorithm is showa to have ma&r drawbu.t:&.s us a modelling tool, some of which carq over to the part processing task. Thti filet thatJ%a~zciirl wri&vs are ofterr measured on a ration scale also causes problems. Thti paper examines .~lutions !o the key problems and provides the basis on which analysrs can judge the suitaMity of the algorithm @ti,r {heir own applications.