Corporate Performance Forecasting Using Hybrid Rough Set Theory, Neural Networks, and DEA

Abstract

This paper proposed the hybrid model using rough set theory (RST), neural networks (NN), and data envelopment analysis (DEA) to predict the corporate performance directly. First, to evaluate corporate performance, the DEA was employed. Second, integrated RST with BPN techniques, which is one of the popular used models of NN, named RST+BPN, was used to build the corporate performance-prediction model and the corporate governance variables are used as predictive variables. This hybrid method enabled us to evaluate an individual firm and provided performance information without comparing it with other companies. The experimental result showed that the proposed model outperforms the NN model with nonextracted predictive variables and provides a promising alternative in corporate performance prediction.