Accurate automatic algorithms for the segmentation of brain tumours have the potential of improving disease diagnosis, treatment planning, as well as enabling large-scale studies of the pathology. In this work we employ DeepMedic [1], a 3D CNN architecture previously presented for lesion segmentation, which we further improve by adding residual connections. We also present a series of experimen...

This paper uses a neural network methodology developed by Vanstone & Finnie[1] to develop a successful stockmarket trading system. The approach is based on these same 4 fundamental variables used within the Aby et al. fundamental trading strategies [2, 3], and demonstrates the important role neural networks have to play within complex and noisy environments, such as that provided by the stockma...

Using boosting for automated planning and trading systems

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the trading system in the inter-war period concerning the Japanese Empire by means of border effect analysis in the gravity model. The results show sizeable and steadily increasing trading bloc border effects from the 1910s through the 1930s. This sizeable border effect might have resulted from many possible factors: trade diversion and creation due to in...

Exchanges in Europe are in a process of consolidation. After the failure of the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse and Euronext, these two groups are likely to become the nuclei for further mergers and co-operation with currently independent exchanges. A decision for one of the groups entails a decision for the respective trading platform. Against that background we evaluate the attractiven...

The objective of technical trading is to identify profitable conditions for the entry and exit of market positions. This paper explores the potential use of three common momentum indicators to classify the outcome (return) of a position defined by trading signals of a Simple Moving Average system. The collection of positions associated with each randomly selected security was grouped into outco...

A major challenge for the multilateral trading system is to secure the benefits of trade liberalization without infringing on the freedom of governments to pursue legitimate domestic objectives. The difficulty lies in distinguishing between two types of situations. In one, a non-protectionist government cannot prevent certain domestic policies from incidentally discriminating against foreign co...

Abstract: In this article the problem of optimal trading in illiquid markets is addressed when the deviations from a given stochastic target function describing, for instance, external aggregate client flow are penalised. Using techniques of singular stochastic control, we extend the results of [NW11] to a two-sided limit order market with temporary market impact and resilience, where the bid a...