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A Financial Expert Decision Support System

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Mathematical Models for Decision Support

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NATO ASI F,volume 48))

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Corporate management decisions require domain knowledge, analytical skills and expert judgment for decision making in an uncertain environment. These decisions are often made with the help of decision support systems, which provide automated computation and data analysis but rely on knowledgeable users or consultants to direct the system operations and interpret results. Expert systems technology, by modelling the knowledge and reasoning of human experts, offers the opportunity to incorporate model management and interpretation knowledge within decision support systems. Such systems can make complex modelling techniques directly accessible to non-expert users.

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  1. Dalhousie University, Canada

    A. M. Ireland

  2. Balliol College, Oxford, UK

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics Brunel, The University of West London, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK

    Gautam Mitra

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Ireland, A.M., Dempster, M.A.H. (1988). A Financial Expert Decision Support System. In: Mitra, G., Greenberg, H.J., Lootsma, F.A., Rijkaert, M.J., Zimmermann, H.J. (eds) Mathematical Models for Decision Support. NATO ASI Series, vol 48. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83555-1_25

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