Advancing Rational Finance Through Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Financial Technology and Innovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 1
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Interests: mathematical and empirical finance; probability metrics; mass transportation problems
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Interests: mathematical and empirical finance; computational applied mathematics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of the Journal of Risk and Financial Management (JRFM) invites contributions that integrate the principles of rational finance—such as Post-Modern Portfolio Theory, dynamic asset pricing, and financial econometrics—with modern tools from artificial intelligence and machine learning. We seek papers that enhance the analytical power and practical relevance of traditional finance by leveraging AI-driven techniques. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, high-dimensional portfolio optimization, advanced methods for forecasting, and pricing of complex derivative instruments. Our aim is to broaden the visibility and applicability of rational finance in the era of data-driven research and intelligent algorithms.
Prof. Dr. Svetlozar (Zari) Rachev
Prof. Dr. W. Brent Lindquist
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rational finance
- post-modern portfolio theory (PMPT)
- dynamic asset pricing
- financial econometrics
- artificial intelligence in finance
- machine learning applications
- high-dimensional portfolio optimization
- forecasting financial markets
- derivatives pricing
- intelligent algorithms
- deep learning in finance
- explainable AI (XAI)
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