Computational intelligence approaches and linear models in case studies of forecasting exchange rates

  • Authors:
  • André Alves Portela Santos;Newton Carneiro Affonso da Costa, Jr.;Leandro dos Santos Coelho

  • Affiliations:
  • Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC, Graduate Program in Economics, Box 476, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil;Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC, Graduate Program in Economics, Box 476, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil;Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, PUCPR/CCET/PPGEPS, Automation and System Laboratory, Imaculada Conceição, 1155, 80215-901 Curitiba, PR, Brazil

  • Venue:
  • Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Artificial neural networks and fuzzy systems, have gradually established themselves as a popular tool in approximating complicated nonlinear systems and time series forecasting. This paper investigates the hypothesis that the nonlinear mathematical models of multilayer perceptron and radial basis function neural networks and the Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy system are able to provide a more accurate out-of-sample forecast than the traditional auto regressive moving average (ARMA) and ARMA generalized auto regressive conditional heteroskedasticity (ARMA-GARCH) linear models. Using series of Brazilian exchange rate (R$/US$) returns with 15min, 60min and 120min, daily and weekly basis, the one-step-ahead forecast performance is compared. Results indicate that forecast performance is strongly related to the series' frequency and the forecasting evaluation shows that nonlinear models perform better than their linear counterparts. In the trade strategy based on forecasts, nonlinear models achieve higher returns when compared to a buy-and-hold strategy and to the linear models.