Variable selection for financial distress classification using a genetic algorithm

Proceedings of the 2002 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2002

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 2000-2005

  Galvao R K H ^a   Becerra, V M ^b   Abou Seada, M ^c  

^a Div Eng Eletrônica   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION MODELS; COLLINEARITY; CORPORATE DISTRESS; FINANCIAL DISTRESS; FINANCIAL RATIOS; FITNESS VALUES; VARIABLE SELECTION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 75949126968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CEC.2002.1004550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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