• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.41-58
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• 1998

본 연구는 여러 가지 Data Mining 기법들로부터 도출된 지식과 AHP를 이용하여 도출된 전문가의 지식을 사용된 정보의 특성에 따라 조사하고, 이러한 각각의 지식들을 중심으로 부도예측 모형을 설계한 후, 각 모형의 특성 및 부도예측력에 대한 실증적 비교연구에 그 목적을 두고 있다. 사용된 Data Mining 기법들은 통계적 다중판별분석 모형, ID3 모형, 인공신경망 모형이며, 전문가 지식의 추출은 AHP를 사용하여 45명의 전문가로부터 부도와 관련하여 인터뷰 및 설문조사를 실시하였다. 특히 부도예측에 사용된 변수의 특성을 정량적 재무정보와 정성적 비재무정보로 나누어서 각 모형의 특성을 비교연구하였다. 연구결과 부도예측시 정성적정보의 중요성을 확인하였으며, 전문가의 지식을 기반으로한 AHP 모형이 위험예측모형으로 사용될 수 있음을 실증적으로 보여주었다.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.125-133
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• 2014

This paper develops a bankruptcy prediction model on an Artificial Neural Network for hotel management. A bankruptcy prediction model has a specific feature to predict a bankruptcy of the whole hotel business after evaluate bankruptcy possibility on the basis of business performance data of each branch. here are many traditional statistical models for bankruptcy prediction such as Multivariate Discriminant Analysis or Logit Analysis. However, we chose Artificial Neural Network because the method has accuracy rates of prediction better than those of other methods. We first selected 100 good enterprises and 100 bankrupt enterprises as experimental data and set up a bankruptcy prediction model by use of a tool for Artificial Neural Network, NeuroShell. The model and its experiments, which demonstrated high efficiency, can certainly provide great help in decision making in the field of hotel management and in deciding on the bankruptcy or financial solidity of each branch of serviced residence hotel.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.229-252
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 실무 및 학계에 종사하는 45명의 전문가 집단을 대상으로 쌍별비교(pairwise comparision)에 의한 설문조사에서 얻어진 전문가들의 의견을 AHP 분석을 통하여 종합하는 과정을 거쳐 부도예측모형을 설계하여 검증한 뒤, LOGIT모형과 비교하였다. 본 연구에 의하면 부도예측모형에서 정량적인 정보보다 정성적인 정보가 더 중요한 역할을 한다는 D.Bunn-G.Wright(1991)의 연구와 일치하는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 발견된 분석결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째로 LOGIT 모형과 AHP 모형에서 모두 정량적인 정보만을 고려하는 경우보다 정성적인 정보를 함께 고려한 모형에서 부도예측율이 더 높은 것으로 나타나고 있어 부도가능성을 예측하는데 있어 정성적인 정보가 중요한 역할을 한다는 결론을 얻었다. 둘째로 AHP를 이용한 부도예측 모형을 설계할 때 각 속성에 대한 전문가(45명)들의 의견을 종합하는 방법으로 산술평균과 기하평균을 이용한 검증결과에 의하면 기하평균방법을 통하여 전문가들의 의견을 종합하는 것이 보다 합리적이라는 실증적 증거를 얻을 수 있었다. 셋째로 Akaike의 기준값을 분석한 결과에 의하면 LOGIT 모형은 정량적인 정보와 정성적인 정보를 모두 이용한 모형이 가장 우수한 것으로 판명되었고, 모형의 부도예측력도 가장 높은 것으로 밝혀졌다. AHP 모형은 정성적인 정보만을 이용한 모형에서 가장 높은 부도예측을을 나타내었으며, 기하평균을 이용한 AHP 모형은 LOGIT 모형보다 항상 높은 부도예측율을 보여주었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Inteligent Information System Society Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.176-182
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 기존 Bagging Predictors에 수정을 가한 Modified Bagging Predictors를 이용하여 SOHO 에 대한 부도예측 모델을 제시한다. 대기업 및 중소기업에 대한 기압부도예측 모델에 대한 많은 선행 연구가 있어왔지만 SOHO 만의 기업부도예측 모델에 관한 연구는 미비한 상태이다. 금융기관들의 대출심사시 대기업 및 중소기업과는 달리 SOHO에 대한 대출심사는 이직은 체계화되지 못한 채 신용정보점수 등의 단편적인 요소를 사용하고 있는 것에 현실이고 이에 따라 잘못된 대출로 안한 금융기관의 부실화를 초래할 위험성이 크다. 본 연구에서는 실제 국내은행의 SOHO 데이터 집합이 사용되었다. 먼저 기업부도 예측 모델에서 우수하다고 연구되어진 인공신경망과 의사결정나무 추론 기법을 적용하여 보았지만 만족할 만한 성과를 이쓸어내지 못하여, 기존 기업부도예측 모델연구에서 적용이 미비하였던 Bagging Predictors와 이를 개선한 Modified Bagging Predictors를 제시하고 이를 적용하여 보았다. 연구결과,; SOHO 부도예측에 있어서 본 연구에서 제시한 Modified Bagging Predictors 가 인공신경망과 Bagging Predictors등의 기존 기법에 비해서 성과가 향상됨을 알 수 있었다. 제시된 Modified Bagging Predictors의 유용성을 확인하기 위해서 추가적으로 대수의 공개 데이터 집합을 활용하여 성능을 비교한 결과 Modified Bagging Predictors 가 기존의 Bagging Predictors 에 비해 일관적으로 성과가 향상됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.173-190
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to improve bankruptcy prediction models by using a novel hybrid under-sampling approach. Most prior studies have tried to enhance the accuracy of bankruptcy prediction models by improving the classification methods involved. In contrast, we focus on appropriate data preprocessing as a means of enhancing accuracy. In particular, we aim to develop an effective sampling approach for bankruptcy prediction, since most prediction models suffer from class imbalance problems. The approach proposed in this study is a hybrid under-sampling method that combines the k-Reverse Nearest Neighbor (k-RNN) and one-class support vector machine (OCSVM) approaches. k-RNN can effectively eliminate outliers, while OCSVM contributes to the selection of informative training samples from majority class data. To validate our proposed approach, we have applied it to data from H Bank's non-external auditing companies in Korea, and compared the performances of the classifiers with the proposed under-sampling and random sampling data. The empirical results show that the proposed under-sampling approach generally improves the accuracy of classifiers, such as logistic regression, discriminant analysis, decision tree, and support vector machines. They also show that the proposed under-sampling approach reduces the risk of false negative errors, which lead to higher misclassification costs.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.155-165
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• 2015

Bankruptcy prediction has been one of the important research topics in finance since 1960s. In Korea, it has gotten attention from researchers since IMF crisis in 1998. This study aims at proposing a novel model for better bankruptcy prediction by converging three techniques - support vector machine(SVM), fuzzy theory, and genetic algorithm(GA). Our convergence model is basically based on SVM, a classification algorithm enables to predict accurately and to avoid overfitting. It also incorporates fuzzy theory to extend the dimensions of the input variables, and GA to optimize the controlling parameters and feature subset selection. To validate the usefulness of the proposed model, we applied it to H Bank's non-external auditing companies' data. We also experimented six comparative models to validate the superiority of the proposed model. As a result, our model was found to show the best prediction accuracy among the models. Our study is expected to contribute to the relevant literature and practitioners on bankruptcy prediction.

• Proceedings of the Korea Inteligent Information System Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.251-258
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• 2000

인공신경망에 의해 부도예측을 하기 위해서는 여러 개의 재무비율을 입력변수 즉, 입력노드로 이용하는데, 이 가운데 적절한 입력노드를 선정하는 일은 예측력을 결정하는데 있어서 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 새로운 입력노드 선정 휴리스틱을 제안하기 위하여 적절한 훈련이 끝난 인공신경망 모델에서 각 입력노드와 연결되는 가중치들의 합에 대한 절대값인 연결강도가 작은 경우 해당 노드는 출력값에 대한 설명력이 약할 것이다라는 연결강도판별 명제를 제시한다. 즉, 연결강도가 연결강도임계치보다 작은 입력노드는 제거 대상으로 분류할 수 있을 것이고, 이들 노드를 제외한 입력노드는 그렇지 않은 경우보다 더 나은 예측력을 보여 줄 수 있을 것이다. 연결강도판별 명제를 실증적으로 입증하기 위해 본 연구에서는 연결강도판별 선처리 과정에 대한 방법론을 제안하고 제안된 방법론에 의해 부도예측을 실시하여 아무런 선처리를 거치지 않은 모형과 비교하였고, 또 기존의 입력변수 선정방식 중에 하나인 의사결정트리 방식에 의한 입력변수 선정 모형과도 비교하여 더 나은 결과를 얻었다.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.227-249
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• 2003

Prediction of corporate failure using past financial data is a well-documented topic. Early studies of bankruptcy prediction used statistical techniques such as multiple discriminant analysis, logit and probit. Recently, however, numerous studies have demonstrated that artificial intelligence such as neural networks can be an alternative methodology for classification problems to which traditional statistical methods have long been applied. In building neural network model, the selection of independent and dependent variables should be approached with great care and should be treated as model construction process. Irrespective of the efficiency of a teaming procedure in terms of convergence, generalization and stability, the ultimate performance of the estimator will depend on the relevance of the selected input variables and the quality of the data used. Approaches developed in statistical methods such as correlation analysis and stepwise selection method are often very useful. These methods, however, may not be the optimal ones for the development of neural network model. In this paper, we propose a genetic algorithms approach to find an optimal or near optimal input variables fur neural network modeling. The proposed approach is demonstrated by applications to bankruptcy prediction modeling. Our experimental results show that this approach increases overall classification accuracy rate significantly.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.209-237
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• 2006

Since previous default forecasting models for the firms evaluate the probability of default based upon the accounting data from book values, they cannot reflect the changes in markets sensitively and they seem to lack theoretical background. The market-information based models, however, not only make use of market data for the default prediction, but also have strong theoretical background like Black-Scholes (1973) option theory. So, many firms recently use such market based model as KMV to forecast their default probabilities and to manage their credit risks. Korean firms also widely use the KMV model in which default point is defined by liquid debt plus 50% of fixed debt. Since the debt structures between Korean and American firms are significantly different, Korean firms should carefully use KMV model. In this study, we empirically investigate the importance of debt structure. In particular, we find the following facts: First, in Korea, fixed debts are more important than liquid debts in accurate prediction of default. Second, the percentage of fixed debt must be less than 20% when default point is calculated for Korean firms, which is different from the KMV. These facts give Korean firms some valuable implication about default forecasting and management of credit risk.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.79-99
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• 2015

The prediction of bankruptcy has been extensively studied in the accounting and finance field. It can have an important impact on lending decisions and the profitability of financial institutions in terms of risk management. Many researchers have focused on constructing a more robust bankruptcy prediction model. Early studies primarily used statistical techniques such as multiple discriminant analysis (MDA) and logit analysis for bankruptcy prediction. However, many studies have demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) approaches, such as artificial neural networks (ANN), decision trees, case-based reasoning (CBR), and support vector machine (SVM), have been outperforming statistical techniques since 1990s for business classification problems because statistical methods have some rigid assumptions in their application. In previous studies on corporate bankruptcy, many researchers have focused on developing a bankruptcy prediction model using financial ratios. However, there are few studies that suggest the specific types of bankruptcy. Previous bankruptcy prediction models have generally been interested in predicting whether or not firms will become bankrupt. Most of the studies on bankruptcy types have focused on reviewing the previous literature or performing a case study. Thus, this study develops a model using data mining techniques for predicting the specific types of bankruptcy as well as the occurrence of bankruptcy in Korean small- and medium-sized construction firms in terms of profitability, stability, and activity index. Thus, firms will be able to prevent it from occurring in advance. We propose a hybrid approach using two artificial neural networks (ANNs) for the prediction of bankruptcy types. The first is a back-propagation neural network (BPN) model using supervised learning for bankruptcy prediction and the second is a self-organizing map (SOM) model using unsupervised learning to classify bankruptcy data into several types. Based on the constructed model, we predict the bankruptcy of companies by applying the BPN model to a validation set that was not utilized in the development of the model. This allows for identifying the specific types of bankruptcy by using bankruptcy data predicted by the BPN model. We calculated the average of selected input variables through statistical test for each cluster to interpret characteristics of the derived clusters in the SOM model. Each cluster represents bankruptcy type classified through data of bankruptcy firms, and input variables indicate financial ratios in interpreting the meaning of each cluster. The experimental result shows that each of five bankruptcy types has different characteristics according to financial ratios. Type 1 (severe bankruptcy) has inferior financial statements except for EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) to sales based on the clustering results. Type 2 (lack of stability) has a low quick ratio, low stockholder's equity to total assets, and high total borrowings to total assets. Type 3 (lack of activity) has a slightly low total asset turnover and fixed asset turnover. Type 4 (lack of profitability) has low retained earnings to total assets and EBITDA to sales which represent the indices of profitability. Type 5 (recoverable bankruptcy) includes firms that have a relatively good financial condition as compared to other bankruptcy types even though they are bankrupt. Based on the findings, researchers and practitioners engaged in the credit evaluation field can obtain more useful information about the types of corporate bankruptcy. In this paper, we utilized the financial ratios of firms to classify bankruptcy types. It is important to select the input variables that correctly predict bankruptcy and meaningfully classify the type of bankruptcy. In a further study, we will include non-financial factors such as size, industry, and age of the firms. Thus, we can obtain realistic clustering results for bankruptcy types by combining qualitative factors and reflecting the domain knowledge of experts.