On data reliability assessment in accounting information systems

Information Systems Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-326

  Krishnan, Ramayya ^a   Peters, James ^b   Padman, Rema ^a   Kaplan, David ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting information systems; Internal control; Mathematical modeling; Workflow and process management

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONTOLOGY; RELIABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS;

ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS; BUSINESS PROCESS EXECUTION LANGUAGE; BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL; INTERNAL CONTROLS; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT; PROCESS MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 25844500886     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1050.0063     Document Type: Review

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