Capital Expert System

Laurie Dowell; Jack Gary; Bill Illingworth; Tom Sargent

doi:10.1117/12.940599

11 May 1987 Capital Expert System

Laurie Dowell, Jack Gary, Bill Illingworth, Tom Sargent

Proceedings Volume 0786, Applications of Artificial Intelligence V; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940599
Event: 1987 Technical Symposium Southeast on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1987, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Gathering information, necessary forms, and financial calculations needed to generate a "capital investment proposal" is an extremely complex and difficult process. The intent of the capital investment proposal is to ensure management that the proposed investment has been thoroughly investigated and will have a positive impact on corporate goals. Meeting this requirement typically takes four or five experts a total of 12 hours to generate a "Capital Package." A Capital Expert System was therefore developed using "Personal Consultant." The completed system is hybrid and as such does not depend solely on rules but incorporates several different software packages that communicate through variables and functions passed from one to another. This paper describes the use of expert system techniques, methodology in building the knowledge base, contexts, LISP functions, data base, and special challenges that had to be overcome to create this system. The Capital Expert System is the successful result of a unique integration of artificial intelligence with business accounting, financial forms generation, and investment proposal expertise.

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Laurie Dowell, Jack Gary, Bill Illingworth, and Tom Sargent "Capital Expert System", Proc. SPIE 0786, Applications of Artificial Intelligence V, (11 May 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940599

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