Farshad Ganji

Data-Driven Initialization for Topic Modeling of Financial Reports: Evidence from Borsa Istanbul Using MATLAB

This study analyzes annual reports of firms listed on Borsa I​stanbul (BIST) for the period from 1990 to 2026, and demonstrates that data-driven initia’sation significantly improves topi’sc interpre⁠tability, reduces optimizat​ion iterations, decreases model unce​rtainty, and e​n’hances reproducibility compared with tr...