An empirical evaluation of factors influencing expert systems effectiveness

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-261

  Subramanian, Girish H ^a   Yaverbaum, Gayle J ^a   Brandt, Stephen J ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMP Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

LIFE CYCLE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031234176     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0164-1212(96)00155-0     Document Type: Article

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