An improved method for developing neural networks: The case of evaluating commercial loan creditworthiness

An improved method for developing neural networks: The case of evaluating commercial loan creditworthiness

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Article ID: iaor19971737
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 23
Issue: 10
Start Page Number: 933
End Page Number: 944
Publication Date: Oct 1996
Journal: Computers and Operations Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: neural networks, finance & banking
Abstract:

Neural networks have proven to be a worthy alternative to traditional statistical techniques, such as regression and discriminant analysis, for prediction and classification problems. Unfortunately, neural network architectures are often chosen based upon conventional rules-of-thumb which limit the predictive power of the resulting model. As a means of overcoming the poor development of neural network models, this study describes and uses a systematic neural network development methodology. The methodology is presented via the study of a particular application of neural networks-determining the creditworthiness of commercial loan applications. The ability of humans to evaluate creditworthiness accurately is poor, and statistical techniques only help slightly. A neural network model is well suited for this type of problem. The results indicate that the proposed development methodology produced a neural network model that does a respectable job of determining creditworthiness in a very difficult problem situation.

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