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Machine Learning in Finance: From Theory to Practice

31/08/202031/08/2020 FinConf News Igor Halperin, Machine Learning, Matthew F. Dixon, Paul Bilokon

by Matthew F. Dixon (Author), Igor Halperin (Author), Paul Bilokon (Author) This book introduces machine learning methods in finance. It presents a unified treatment of machine

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