arXiv Machine Learning

Interpretable Role-Based Clustering in Multi-Layer Financial Networks

arXiv:2507. 00600v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Understanding the functional roles of financial institutions within interconnected markets is critical for effective supervision, systemic risk assessment, and resolution planning.

arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 24

Integrated Multivariate Segmentation Tree for Heterogeneous Credit Data Analysis in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

The paper introduces the Integrated Multivariate Segmentation Tree (IMST), a new framework that combines financial data and textual information for credit evaluation of small- and medium-sized enterprises. IMST transforms text into numerical matrices via matrix factorization, selects key financial features with Lasso regression, and builds a multivariate segmentation tree using Gini or entropy with weakest-link pruning. Experiments on 1,428 Chinese SMEs show an 88.9% accuracy, outperforming baseline decision trees, SVMs, and neural networks while offering better interpretability and computational efficiency.

By Lu Han, Xiuying Wang