Using Bayesian networks for bankruptcy prediction: Some methodological issues

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 738-753

  Sun, Lili ^a   Shenoy, Prakash P ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy prediction; Bayesian networks; Discretization of continuous variables; Na ve Bayes; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DECISION THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BANKRUPTCY PREDICTION; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DISCRETIZATION OF CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; NAÏVE BAYES; VARIABLE SELECTION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 33846660949     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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