Soft Computing Stock Market Price Prediction for the Nigerian Stock Exchange

Forecasting the price movements in stock market has been a major challenge for common investors, businesses, brokers and speculators because Stock Prices are considered to be very dynamic and susceptible to quick changes. As more and more money is being invested, the investor get anxious of the future trends of the stock prices in the market and thus, creating a high desirable need for a more\u27 intelligent\u27 prediction model. Two soft computing models- Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Fuzzy Neuro hybrid model were used to forecast the next day\u27s closing price. The historical trading data was obtained from the Nigerian Stock Exchange for Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc . The results showed the power of Soft Computing techniques (SC) in stock Price Prediction

Appropriate language for introducing object oriented programming in tertiary institutions

Object Oriented Programming (OOP) has attained a level of acceptance in the software development community so much so that one is now considered a charlatan to have a degree in computing without the flare for OOP. Computing students must therefore be equipped with this skill. The need to do this using the most appropriate language is critical. We are not aware that any such language has been identified based on scientific instruments or parameters, except on individual opinion or affiliation. To this end, adopting the enhanced Alexander’s scheme, we identified and defined a set of criteria critical to the selection of the most appropriate programming language for introducing students to Object-Oriented concepts and programming. Furthermore, based on these criteria, we produced a rating showing the appropriateness of selected programming languages to the teaching and learning of OOP. The rating showed the suitability of these languages to the teaching and learning of OOP. The programming languages selected were the programming  languages rated among the IT skills required in a tough job market: Java, C#, C++, C and Visual BASICKeywords: OOP, teaching and learning, programming languages, selection criteri

Process model for building quality software on internet time

The competitive nature of the software construction market and the inherently exhilarating nature of software itself have hinged the success of any software development project on four major pillars: time to market, product quality, innovation and documentation. Unfortunately, however, existing software development models are either a bunch of ponderous bureaucratic serial processes or unstructured set of agile processes. While the former ensures appropriate documentation and quality of software product, it undermines the criticality of innovation and time to market, the latter holds time and innovation in high premium but treats the issue of quality and documentation as secondary. We therefore lack, but need a software process model that holds these four success factors in high esteem. This paper proposes one such model – the MULTIPARL model. The MULTIPARL model is a structured time driven model that ensures that a software product is constructed and delivered as increments of partial functionality. In particular, the MULTIPARL model stood out as the most appropriate process model for Web-based application development when it was subjected to the Onibere’s process selection criteria alongside some active software process models.Keywords: Software, internet, Software process model, MULTIPARL mode