Research Article

Forecasting CDS Term Structure Based on Nelson–Siegel Model and Machine Learning

Table 7

Error statistics of each method for all maturities for test dataset 2 with the subperiod 1 training set (case 2).

TypeMethod6M1Y2Y3Y4Y5Y7Y10Y20Y30YAverage

RMSEN-S3.754.104.114.004.295.275.294.954.033.714.35
RNN2.784.253.713.483.994.925.635.183.693.204.08
LSTM3.894.203.713.503.574.565.645.193.683.364.13
SVR4.044.393.773.464.025.105.855.373.633.304.29
GMDH3.924.183.633.303.784.705.445.003.623.364.09

MSEN-S14.0316.8016.9016.0018.3627.8227.9924.5116.2513.7519.24
RNN7.7418.0713.7812.1315.9024.2031.6926.8613.5910.2717.42
LSTM15.1017.6513.7412.2412.7420.8231.7726.9313.5311.2717.58
SVR16.3319.3014.2211.9516.1625.9834.2628.8613.1810.8719.11
GMDH15.3617.4313.1910.8814.3022.1129.6225.0313.0711.3217.23

MAPE (%)N-S28.1320.8313.9311.4212.0813.4711.509.206.086.8313.35
RNN19.3628.1416.3611.6911.1611.6811.629.716.265.1913.11
LSTM26.7526.7916.3611.7910.4110.5911.619.826.325.5113.60
SVR27.3228.5216.4011.4811.1412.0712.2710.116.195.3614.09
GMDH26.4426.5815.6510.8310.4811.1611.489.446.165.4613.37

MPE (%)N-S−14.076.806.030.59−3.99−7.69−3.05−0.413.37−4.72−1.72
RNN−13.08−8.39−4.84−3.65−3.37−2.35−1.26−1.28−0.740.27−3.87
LSTM−6.75−4.96−5.07−3.58−4.29−1.35−1.20−1.85−1.26−0.71−3.10
SVR−7.37−8.40−4.46−3.08−2.58−2.49−2.40−1.82−0.71−0.49−3.38
GMDH−5.89−6.42−4.03−2.44−2.42−2.49−2.38−1.75−0.60−0.36−2.88

MAEN-S3.183.303.073.043.624.464.524.163.093.153.56
RNN2.283.583.022.843.344.134.684.342.992.543.37
LSTM3.333.573.012.863.113.764.684.363.002.663.43
SVR3.413.673.052.813.394.274.884.502.962.603.55
GMDH3.323.472.932.673.183.924.544.192.952.653.38