This article presents the five stages involved in the construction of a knowledge-based system using VP-EXPERT, with emphasis on the final step, knowledge validation. The knowledgebased system, called PURPOOL, enables the user to determine the proper accounting treatment for a business combination.
Using an expert system to teach accounting for business combinations
โ Scribed by L. Murphy Smith; R.Steve McDuffie
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 827 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-4174
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