EURIDIS Research Monograph

SCHEMATIC EVALUATION OF INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROL SYSTEMS

Kuo-Tay Chen* and Ronald M. Lee#
* Department of Management Purdue University at Calumet Hammond, IN 46323 U.S.A. chenk@pucal.bitnet # Erasmus University Research Institute for Decision and Information Systems (EURIDIS) Erasmus University Rotterdam The Netherlands rlee@fac.fbk.eur.nl

ERASMUS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DECISION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Schematic Evaluation of Internal Accounting Control Systems by Kuo-Tay Chen and Ronald M. Lee Monograph No. RM-1992-08-1 (August 11, 1992)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND .......................................... 1 1.2 MOTIVATION ............................................. 3 1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY .......................... 4 1.4 ISSUES OF INTEREST .................................. 6 1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY................................. 7 1.6 CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE STUDY .................. 8 CHAPTER 2. DECISION AIDS RESEARCH FOR INTERNAL CONTROL EVALUATION ............................................ 9 2.1 A REVIEW OF PAST APPROACHES................. 9 2.1.1 MATHEMATICAL MODELING ............ 9 2.1.2 SIMULATION ................................. 12 2.1.3 EXPERT SYSTEMS .......................... 14 2.1.4 OTHER COMPUTER DECISION AIDS . . . 15 2.2 SCHEMATIC EVALUATION - THE PROPOSED APPROACH .................................................... 16 2.2.1 SCHEMA-BASED REASONING .......... 16