NEURAL NETWORK SIMULATION: A NEW APPROACH TO RISK ASSESSMENT AND BUSINESS FORECASTING

Neural Networks (NN's), one of the latest developments in computer software artificial intelligence, are an innovative method of simulating and analysing complex and changing systems of relationships. Originally developed to mimic the neural architecture and functioning of the human brain, NN techniques have recently been applied successfully in a wide variety of complex business and financial applications (Trippi and Turban, 1994).