A study on using artificial neural networks to develop an early warning predictor for credit union financial distress with comparison to the probit model

Managerial Finance

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 56-77

  Tan, Clarence N W ^a   Dihardjo, Herlina ^a  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Artificial Neural Networks; Bankruptcy prediction; Credit unions; Early warning predictor; Financial distress

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052826948     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350110767141     Document Type: Article

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