Comparing Data Mining Models in Loan Default Prediction: A Framework and a Demonstration

Authors

  • Cuong Nguyen Faculty of Management, University of Dong A, Vietnam
  • Liang Chen Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business, West Texas A&M University, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25126/jitecs.202271352

Abstract

In the banking sector, credit risk assessment is an important process to ensure that loans could be paid on time, and that banks could maintain their credit performance effectively. Despite restless business efforts allocated to credit scoring yearly, high percentage of loan defaulting remains a major issue. With the availability of tremendous banking data and advanced analytics tools, data mining algorithms can be applied to develop a platform of credit scoring, and to resolve the loan defaulting problem. This paper puts forward a framework to compare four classification algorithms, including logistic regression, decision tree, neural network, and Xgboost, using a public dataset. Confusion matrix and Monte Carlo simulation benchmarks are used to evaluate their performance. We find that the XGboost outperforms the other three traditional models. We also offer practial recommendation and future research.

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Published

2022-04-07

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Nguyen, C., & Chen, L. (2022). Comparing Data Mining Models in Loan Default Prediction: A Framework and a Demonstration. Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science, 7(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.25126/jitecs.202271352

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Vol. 7 No. 1: April 2022

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