Using an expert system to teach accounting for business combinations

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-191

  Smith, L Murphy ^a   McDuffie, R Steve ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION; FINANCE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ACCOUNTING; BUSINESS COMBINATIONS; STUDENTS;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029772475     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0957-4174(95)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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