Purpose - The purpose of this study was to predict the selection of independent auditors in the companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) using a combination of PSO algorithm and CART. This study involves applied research...

. In this research a number of machine learning and data mining methods including support vector machines, regression trees (CART algorithm), model trees (M5 algorithm) and artificial neural networks have been used to simulate rainfall- runoff process in Zayandeh...