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Specifying Decision-Making Processes

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Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems (IEA/AIE 1992)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 604))

Abstract

An explicit specification for the implementation of any process is important to provide a standard for design, verification and validation. Since the control structure of Decision Making Processes (DMP's) tends to be very complex, it is difficult to apply structured methods to the development of specifications. This paper provides a formal meaning for the term “specification” as it applies to DMP's and which can be used as a design and evaluation standard.

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  1. SHAPE Technical Centre, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Mr. Andrew Borden & Dr. Unver Cinar

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Fevzi Belli Franz Josef Radermacher

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Borden, A., Cinar, U. (1992). Specifying Decision-Making Processes. In: Belli, F., Radermacher, F.J. (eds) Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems. IEA/AIE 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 604. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0024965

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0024965

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