A computational model of loan loss judgments

Auditing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 110-113

  Wright, William F ^a   Willingham, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Judgment expertise; Knowledge based systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142652251     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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