Title :
Object-oriented model integration in MIDAS [Manager´s Intelligent Debt Advisory System]
Author :
Dempster, M.A.H. ; Ireland, Alice M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. Stat. & Comput. Sci., Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS, Canada
Abstract :
A description is given of a system for debt decision support which flexibly integrates optimization and simulation modeling and heuristic reasoning for nonexpert users through an object-oriented, domain-specific knowledge base. Stable domain relationships and mathematical procedures are encapsulated in domain object classes; domain object instances are combined to form common model representations manipulated by operators specific to each model type. The approach is applicable in domains in which stable entities and interactions exist and in which model flexibility results from varying combinations of entities, conditions which are found in many financial and other business modeling situations
Keywords :
decision support systems; digital simulation; financial data processing; heuristic programming; knowledge based systems; modelling; object-oriented programming; optimisation; MIDAS; Manager´s Intelligent Debt Advisory System; business modeling; common model representations; debt decision support; domain object classes; finance; heuristic reasoning; model flexibility; model integration; nonexpert users; object-oriented, domain-specific knowledge base; operators; optimization; simulation modeling; stable domain relationships; stable entities; stable interactions; Artificial intelligence; Decision support systems; Educational institutions; Intelligent systems; Linear programming; Mathematical model; Mathematics; Object oriented modeling; Power system modeling; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1989. Vol.III: Decision Support and Knowledge Based Systems Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1913-9
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1989.49176