The discovery of experts' decision rules from qualitative bankruptcy data using genetic algorithms

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 637-646

  Kim, Myoung Jong ^a   Han, Ingoo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy prediction; Decision rules; Genetic algorithms

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECISION RULES;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0041920755     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4174(03)00102-7     Document Type: Article

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