Cell phone based microcredit risk assessment using fuzzy clustering

2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development, ICTD2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 233-242

  Sathe, Saket K ^a   Desai, Uday B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONES; CREDIT RISK ASSESSMENT; FIELD STUDIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ITC); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICROFINANCE; TURN-AROUND TIME (TAT);

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FUZZY CLUSTERING; FUZZY LOGIC; MOBILE PHONES; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 47649093969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2006.301843     Document Type: Conference Paper

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