An intelligent-agent-based fuzzy group decision making model for financial multicriteria decision support: The case of credit scoring

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 942-959

  Yu, Lean ^a,b   Wang, Shouyang ^a   Lai, Kin Keung ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Credit scoring; Fuzzy group decision making; Intelligent agent; Multicriteria decision analysis

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; AGGLOMERATION; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; AND VERIFICATIONS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT; CREDIT APPLICATIONS; CREDIT RISK ANALYSIS; CREDIT RISK EVALUATIONS; CREDIT RISKS; CREDIT SCORING; DATA SETS; EVALUATION RESULTS; FINAL DECISIONS; FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENTS; FUZZIFICATION; FUZZY GROUP DECISION MAKING; FUZZY GROUP DECISION MAKINGS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; MULTICRITERIA DECISION SUPPORTS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; RESEARCH AREAS; RISK LEVELS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 56349095375     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.11.025     Document Type: Article

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