Predicting corporate bankruptcy using artificial neural networks

Journal of Applied Accounting Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 30-52

  Nasir, M L ^a   John, R I ^a   Bennett, S C ^a   Russell, D M ^b   Patel, A ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bankruptcy; Computing; Forecasting tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992996458     PISSN: 09675426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/96754260080001017     Document Type: Article

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