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This paper applies support vector machine (SVM), decision tree C5.0, and CHAID to the detection of financial reporting frauds by establishing an effective detection model. The research data covering 2007-2016 is sourced from the Taiwan Economic Journal (TEJ). The sample consists of 28 companies engaged in financial statement frauds and 84 companies not involved in such frauds (at a ratio of 1 to 3), as listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange and the Taipei Exchange during the research period. This paper selects key variables with SVM and C5.0 before establishing the model with CHAID and SVM. Both financial and non-financial variables are used to enhance the accuracy of the detection model for financial reporting frauds. The research suggests that the C5.0-SVM model yields the highest accuracy rate of 83.15%, followed by SVM-SVM (81.91%), the C5.0-CHAID model (80.93%), and the SVM-CHAID model (77.16%).
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Chi, DJ., Chu, CC., Chen, D. (2019). Applying Support Vector Machine, C5.0, and CHAID to the Detection of Financial Statements Frauds. In: Huang, DS., Huang, ZK., Hussain, A. (eds) Intelligent Computing Methodologies. ICIC 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11645. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26766-7_30
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