An improved method for developing neural networks: The case of evaluating commercial loan creditworthiness

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 933-944

  Glorfeld, Louis W ^a   Hardgrave, Bill C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0030270417     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0548(96)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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