Credit risk analysis using a hybrid data mining model

International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 345-356

  Kotsiantis, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

classifier; machine learning; stacking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918519338     PISSN: 17408865     EISSN: 17408873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISTA.2007.014030     Document Type: Article

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