Credit scoring for profitability objectives

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 528-537

  Finlay, Steven ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit scoring; Genetic algorithms; OR in banking; Profitability

Indexed keywords

BINARY MODELS; CLASSIFICATION APPROACH; CONSUMER CREDITS; CREDIT SCORING; DECISION RULES; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; FINANCIAL MEASURES; FINITE NUMBER; GENERAL FUNCTIONS; MISSPECIFICATION; MODEL ESTIMATES; OR IN BANKING; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SCORING FUNCTIONS; SUM OF SQUARED ERRORS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

PROFITABILITY;

EID: 70349947015     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.05.025     Document Type: Article

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