Presents issues and identifies opportunities that are or should be of interest to those who are evaluating, researching, developing, or have a particular interest in applied artificial intelligence, especially expert systems. With the use of case studies, the editors put forward four major themes which tackle the application of expert systems: issues in design and integration; issues in modeling of human judgement; issues in validation, auditability, and security; and legal issues, training effects, resource planning, and public accounting. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Articles written by foremost experts in their respective fields consider four major issues crucial for successful utilization of the technology in the research, development and implementation phases. Coverage includes areas of integration and design; the cognitive side of expert systems; key concepts and applications underlying verification, validation, auditability and security of expert systems; a variety of issues ranging from legal and training to actual production systems in areas of finance and accounting.
