A guided data projection technique for classification of sovereign ratings: The case of European Union 27

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 22, Issue , 2014, Pages 339-350

  Sanchez Monedero J ^a   Campoy Muñoz, Pilar ^b   Gutierrez P A ^a   Hervas Martinez C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD LOYOLA ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Country risk; Financial crisis; Ordinal classification; Ordinal regression; Rating agencies; Sovereign risk

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

COUNTRY RISKS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; ORDINAL CLASSIFICATION; ORDINAL REGRESSION; RATING AGENCIES; SOVEREIGN RISKS;

RATING;

EID: 84902657288     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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