Multiple classifier architectures and their application to credit risk assessment

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 368-378

  Finlay, Steven ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classifier combination; Classifier ensembles; Credit scoring; Data mining; OR in banking

Indexed keywords

ADABOOST; BOOSTING ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION DECISION; CLASSIFIER COMBINATION; CLASSIFIER ENSEMBLES; CREDIT RISK ASSESSMENT; CREDIT RISKS; CREDIT SCORING; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; INDIVIDUAL CLASSIFIERS; MULTICLASSIFIER SYSTEM; MULTIPLE CLASSIFIER SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE CLASSIFIERS; OR IN BANKING;

ADAPTIVE BOOSTING; DATA MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLASSIFIERS;

EID: 78650417769     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.09.029     Document Type: Article

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