Title :
Explanation and diagnosis in business assessment
Author :
Daniels, H.A.M. ; Feelders, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Language Technol. & Artificial Intelligence, Tilburg Univ., Netherlands
Abstract :
An architecture for the diagnosis of a firm that combines quantitative methods with qualitative reasoning is presented. The system consists of a problem identification module and a diagnostic module. The problem identification module operates in quantitative mode to discover deviations from norm values for key variables. The diagnostic module uses both quantitative and qualitative relations to generate intuitively appealing explanations for the symptoms discovered. This architecture provides a convenient and flexible way of coding different kinds of knowledge and reasoning methods of human financial experts
Keywords :
commerce; inference mechanisms; knowledge representation; planning (artificial intelligence); problem solving; business assessment; coding; diagnostic module; financial experts; knowledge; norm values; problem identification module; qualitative reasoning; quantitative methods; reasoning methods; Artificial intelligence; Companies; Decision making; Degradation; Diagnostic expert systems; Financial management; Humans; Medical expert systems; Phase detection; Statistical analysis;
Journal_Title :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
