Predicting bankruptcy with support vector machines

Statistical Tools for Finance and Insurance

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 225-248

  Härdle, Wolfgang ^a   Moro, Rouslan ^a   Schäfer, Dorothea ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 78650292038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27395-6_10     Document Type: Chapter

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