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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Hu, Kuang-Huaa | Lin, Sin-Jinb | Hsu, Ming-Fuc | Chen, Fu-Hsiangb; *
Affiliations: [a] School of Accounting, Finance and Accounting Research Center, Nanfang College of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, China | [b] Department of Accounting, Chinese Culture University, Yang-Ming-Shan, Taipei, Taiwan, R. O. C. | [c] English Program of Global Business, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan, R. O. C.
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. Fu-Hsiang Chen, Department of Accounting, Chinese Culture University, 55, Hwa-Kang Rd., Yang-Ming-Shan, Taipei, Taiwan 11114, R. O. C. E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: This study introduces a dynamic decision architecture that involves three steps for corporate performance forecasting as such bad performance has been widely recognized as the main trigger for a financial crisis. Step-1: performance evaluation and integration; Step-2: forecasting model construction; and Step-3: knowledge generation. First, the decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) is incorporated with balanced scorecards (BSC) to discover the complicated/intertwined relationships among BSC’s four perspectives. To overcome the problem of BSC that cannot yield a specific direction, the study then employs data envelopment analysis (DEA). Apart from previous studies that utilize an all embracing one-stage model, this set-up extends it to a two-stage model that calculates the performance scores for each BSC perspective. By doing so, users can realize a company’s weaknesses and strengths and identify possible paths toward efficiency. VIKOR is subsequently used to summarize all scores into a synthesized one. Second, the analyzed outcomes are then fed into random vector functional-link (RVFL) networks to establish the forecasting model. To handle the opaque nature of RVFL, the instance learning method is conducted to extract the implicit decision logics. Finally, the introduced architecture, tested by real cases, offers a promising alternative for performance evaluation and forecasting.
Keywords: Artificial intelligence, decision-making, performance evaluation
DOI: 10.3233/JIFS-200322
Journal: Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 4299-4311, 2020
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