Detection of automobile insurance fraud with discrete choice models and misclassified claims

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 325-340

  Artís, Manuel ^a   Ayuso, Mercedes ^a   Guillén, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 1842607987     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6975.00022     Document Type: Article

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