文档介绍：AI SURVEYING:
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BUSINESS
Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of requirements of
The Full-Time MSc in Management Science
At
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND STATISTICS
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
Submitted:
September 2001 Tomas E. Nordlander
Copyright 2001 De Montfort University. All rights reserved
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BUSSINESS
Acknowledgement
I would like to acknowledge the kind assistance of the following persons pleting this
thesis:
Rod Thompson, who first sparked my interest in Artificial Intelligence, for his critical, yet
always supportive, supervision, and for giving me the opportunity to look into a very
interesting topic.
Jean Geoppinger, a close friend and a brilliant lawyer, for proofreading and surviving my
brutal abuse of the English language.
Becky Jones, for proofreading the dissertation in the last minute.
For providing me the information necessary to develop the different case studies:
Nancy Clark, at Exsys Inc.;
Ranjan Dharmaraja, at Quantrax Corporation Inc.; and
Jeff Wood, at Trajecta, Inc.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BUSSINESS
List of Contents
1 Introduction............................................................................9
Aims & Objectives: ..................................................................................................9
The Hypothesis:........................................................................................................9
Structure of Thesis Content ....................................................................................9
2 Research Methodology ........................................................11
Thesis Planning and Methodology........................................................................11
Research Methods.........