A method for evaluating expert system shells for classroom instruction

Journal of Industrial Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Salim, M D ^a   Villavicencio, Alvaro ^b   Timmerman, Marc A ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Tulsa ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^f OREGON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; CAM; Computer Science; Information Technology; Management

Indexed keywords

EDUCATORS; EXPERT SYSTEM SHELLS; FUNCTION POINT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; CURRICULA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

EID: 3042587641     PISSN: 08826404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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