Does reject inference really improve the performance of application scoring models?

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 857-874

  Crook, Jonathan ^a   Banasik, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Credit scoring; Extrapolation; Reject inference; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942536569     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4266(03)00203-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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