Artificial neural networks in bankruptcy prediction: general framework and cross-validation analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-32

  Zhang, Guoqiang ^a   Hu, Michael Y ^b   Patuwo, B Eddy ^b   Indro, Daniel C ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ESTIMATION; FINANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BANKRUPTCY PREDICTION; BAYESIAN CLASSIFICATION THEORY; CROSS VALIDATION ANALYSIS; GENERAL FRAMEWORK;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0032640524     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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