Validating an Expert System for Financial Statement Planning.

Author List: Back, Barbro;

Journal of Management Information Systems, 1993, Volume 10, Issue 3, Page 157-177.

Validation is often considered the cornerstone of expert systems evaluation. Validating expert systems has, however, turned out to be a difficult task because an expert system is often both a piece of software and a model. The general procedures for validation of traditional software cannot, therefore, usually be followed when validating an expert system. This article shows how the validation of a concrete full-scale expert system for financial statement planning was conducted, utilizing guidelines on validation of expert systems given in literature and incorporating them into the classical spiral model used in developing the system.

Keywords: expert systems; financial statement planning; validation.

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#129	0.274	expert systems knowledge knowledge-based human intelligent experts paper problem acquisition base used expertise intelligence domain inductive rules machine artificial task
#232	0.125	software development product functionality period upgrade sampling examines extent suggests factors considered useful uncertainty previous called complementarities greater cost present
#50	0.053	financial crisis reporting report crises turnaround intelligence reports cash forecasting situations time status adequately weaknesses selective impact systemic power described