A successful neural network-based methodology for predicting small business loan default

Credit & Financial Management Review, Fourth Quarter 2001 by Yegorova, Irena, Andrews, Bruce H, Jensen, John B, Smoluk, Bert J, Walczak, Steven

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Bert J. Smoluk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Finance, School of Business and Senior Research Associate, Center for Business and Economic Research, University of Southern Maine, 96 Falmouth Street, Portland, ME 04104-9300, 1-207-780-4407, hsmoluk@usm.maine.edu

Steven Walczak, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Information Systems, College of Business &Administration, University of Colorado at Denver Campus Box 165, P.O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364, 1-303-556-6777, swalczak@carbon.cudenver.edu

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