Smart Computing Applications in Crowdfunding / by Bo Xing and Tshilidzi Marwala.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xing, Bo, author.

Marwala, Tshilidzi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crowd funding--Mathematical models.

Crowd funding.

Crowd funding--Data processing.

Finance--Technological innovations.

Finance.

Intelligent agents (Computer software).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (533 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2018.

Summary:

The book focuses on smart computing for crowdfunding usage, looking at the crowdfunding landscape, e.g., reward-, donation-, equity-, P2P-based and the crowdfunding ecosystem, e.g., regulator, asker, backer, investor, and operator. The increased complexity of fund raising scenario, driven by the broad economic environment as well as the need for using alternative funding sources, has sparked research in smart computing techniques. Covering a wide range of detailed topics, the authors of this book offer an outstanding overview of the current state of the art; providing deep insights into smart computing methods, tools, and their applications in crowdfunding; exploring the importance of smart analysis, prediction, and decision-making within thefintech industry. This book is intended to be an authoritative and valuable resource for professional practitioners and researchers alike, as well as finance engineering, and computer science students who are interested in crowdfunding and other emerging fintech topics.

Contents:

This book focuses on smart computing for crowdfunding usage, looking at the crowdfunding landscape (e.g., reward-, donation-, equity-, P2P-based) and the crowdfunding ecosystem (e.g., regulator, asker, backer, investor, and operator) The increased complexity of fundraising scenario, driven by the broad economic environment as well as the need for using alternative funding sources, has sparked research smart computing techniques in this area. Covering a wide range of detailed topics, the authors of this book offer an outstanding overview of the current state of the art; providing deep insights into smart computing methods, tools, and their applications in crowdfunding; exploring the importance of smart analysis, prediction, and decision-making within fintech industry. This book is intended as an authoritative and valuable resource for professional practitioners and researchers alike, as well as financial, engineering, and computer science students who are interested in crowdfunding and other emerging fintech topics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781351265089

1351265083

9781351265065

1351265067

9781351265072

1351265075

OCLC:

1076543190