The use of expert systems in business transformation

Management Decision

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-57

  Coakes, Elayne ^a   Merchant, Kim ^a   Lehaney, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Competitive advantage; Expert systems; Interviewing; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 10444224212     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749710160197     Document Type: Article

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