Supporting managers' internal control evaluations: An expert system and experimental results

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 437-449

  Changchit, Chuleeporn ^a   Holsapple, Clyde W ^b   Madden, Donald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION THEORY; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

AUDITING; INTERNAL CONTROL;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035283420     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9236(00)00127-5     Document Type: Article

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