Genetic programming for the prediction of insolvency in non-life insurance companies

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 749-765

  Salcedo Sanz, Sancho ^a   Fernández Villacañas, José Luis ^a   Segovia Vargas, María Jesús ^b   Bousoño Calzón, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Genetic programming; Insolvency; Non life insurance companies; Rough set; Support vector machines

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; INSURANCE; SET THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

GENETIC PROGRAMMING; INSOLVENCY; NON-LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES; ROUGH SET; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 5644236770     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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