This study examines various artificial intelligence (AI) models for predicting financially distressed firms with poor profitability ("Zombie firms"). In particular, we adopt the Explainable AI ("XAI") approach to overcome the limitations of the previous AI models, which is well-known as the...

Over the past years, machine learning emerged as a powerful tool for credit scoring, producing high-quality results compared to traditional statistical methods. However, literature shows that statistical methods are still being used because they still perform and can be interpretable compared to...

Acidity is among the problems that affect crop production in Zambia. The problem is no longer restricted to the traditional agro-ecological region III but has now become widespread in all parts of Zambia. The problem is exacerbated by continuous use of chemical fertilizers and mono cropping....

Soil acidity is one of the major farm management problems on the Southern Tablelands of NSW. Soil acidity occurs naturally and yet some agricultural practices exacerbate the process through nitrification, leaching, removal of produce and accumulation of organic matter in the soil. A grazing...