Department
Statistics and Analytical Sciences
Document Type
Article
Submission Date
2017
Abstract
Predictive models that are developed in a regulated industry or a regulated application, like determination of credit worthiness must be interpretable and “rational” (e.g., improvements in basic credit behavior must result in improved credit worthiness scores). Machine Learning technologies provide very good performance with minimal analyst intervention, so they are well suited to a high volume analytic environment but the majority are “black box” tools that provide very limited insight or interpretability into key drivers of model performance or predicted model output values. This paper presents a methodology that blends one of the most popular predictive statistical modeling methods with a core model enhancement strategy, found in machine learning. The resulting prediction methodology provides solid performance, from minimal analyst effort, while providing the interpretability and rationality, required in regulated industries.