Section I. Introduction -- Chapter I. Artificial Neural Networks: Applications in Finance and Manufacturing / Joarder Kamruzzaman, Ruhul A. Sarker, Rezaul K. Begg -- Chapter II. Simultaneous Evolution of Network Architectures and Connection Weights in Artificial Neural Networks / Ruhul A. Sarker, Hussein A. Abbass --

Section II. ANNs in finance -- Chapter III. Neural Network-Based Stock Market Return Forecasting Using Data Mining for Variable Reduction / David Enke -- Chapter IV. Hybrid-Learning Methods for Stock Index Modeling / Yuehui Chen, Ajith Abraham -- Chapter V. Application of Higher-Order Neural Networks to Financial Time-Series Prediction / John Fulcher, Ming Zhang, Shuxiang Xu -- Chapter VI. Hierarchical Neural Networks for Modelling Adaptive Financial Systems / Masoud Mohammadian, Mark Kingham -- Chapter VII. Forecasting the Term Structure of Interest Rates Using Neural Networks / Sumit Kumar Bose, Janardhanan Sethuraman, Sadhalaxmi Raipet -- Chapter VIII. Modeling and Prediction of Foreign Currency Exchange Markets / Joarder Kamruzzaman, Ruhul A. Sarker, Rezaul K. Begg -- Chapter IX. Improving Returns on Stock Investment through Neural Network Selection / Tong-Seng Quah --

Section III: ANNs in manufacturing -- Chapter X. Neural Networks in Manufacturing Operations / Eldon Gunn, Corinne MacDonald -- Chapter XI. High-Pressure Die-Casting Process Modeling Using Neural Networks / M. Imad Khan, Saeid Nahavandi, Yakov Frayman -- Chapter XII. Neural Network Models for the Estimation of Product Costs: An Application in the Automotive Industry / Sergio Cavalieri, Paolo Maccarrone, Roberto Pinto -- Chapter XIII. A Neural-Network-Assisted Optimization Framework and Its Use for Optimum-Parameter Identification / Tapabrata Ray -- Chapter XIV. Artificial Neural Networks in Manufacturing: Scheduling / George A. Rovithakis, Stelios E. Perrakis, Manolis A. Christodoulou -- Chapter XV. Recognition of Lubrication Defects in Cold Forging Process with a Neural Network / Bernard F. Rolfe, Yakov Frayman,Georgina L. Kelly, Saeid Nahavandi -- About the Authors -- Index.