Using genetic algorithms for feature selection in predicting financial distresses with support vector machines

Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 4892-4897

  Huang, Pei Wen ^a   Liu, Chao Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

FINANCIAL DISTRESSES; FINANCIAL PROBLEMS; GAIN RATIO;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 34548141892     PISSN: 1062922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2006.385080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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