Performance enhancement of SVM ensembles using genetic algorithms in bankruptcy prediction

ICACTE 2010 - 2010 3rd International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering, Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kang, Dae Ki ^a   Kim, Myoung Jong ^b  

^a Dongseo University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy prediction tree; Decision machines; Ensemble; Genetic algorithm; Support vector coverage optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149346079     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICACTE.2010.5579271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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