by David Yeung Fong. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-119). / Executive Summary --- p.ii / Table of Contents --- p.iii / List of Illustrations --- p.vii / Acknowledgment --- p.viii / Chapter Chapter I - --- Introduction --- p.1 / Concepts of Expert Systems --- p.1 / Definition --- p.1 / Components of Expert Systems --- p.3 / Knowledge Acquisition --- p.4 / Knowledge Representation --- p.6 / Inference Engine --- p.8 / Benefits of Expert Systems --- p.9 / Recent Development --- p.10 / Expert Systems in Law --- p.11 / Applications --- p.11 / Problems of Expert Systems with Case Law --- p.12 / Translation of cases --- p.12 / Representation of cases --- p.12 / Interpretation --- p.13 / Policy considerations --- p.13 / Reasoning with precedent --- p.14 / Doctrine of precedent --- p.14 / Rule Model --- p.15 / Induction --- p.15 / Alternative approach to precedent --- p.16 / Product/Service Liability in Hong Kong --- p.17 / Definition --- p.17 / Law --- p.18 / Significance to Management --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter II - --- Research Definition --- p.21 / Research Goal --- p.21 / Research Objective --- p.21 / Scope of the Project --- p.21 / Chapter Chapter III - --- Research Methodology --- p.23 / Knowledge Acquisition --- p.23 / Brief Outline of the rules --- p.24 / Knowledge Representation --- p.24 / Expert System Development Tools for the project --- p.25 / XXXPERT --- p.25 / Imp shell --- p.26 / Turbo Prolog --- p.26 / Chapter Chapter IV - --- Research Limitation --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter V - --- System Configuration & Analysis --- p.29 / System Design --- p.29 / Main Module --- p.29 / Case Screening Module --- p.29 / Duty of Care Module --- p.30 / Breach of Duty Module --- p.30 / Causation Module --- p.30 / Remoteness of Damage Module --- p.31 / Defendant's Defense Module --- p.31 / Reference Cases Module --- p.31 / Help Module --- p.31 / Minimum System Requirements --- p.32 / System Testing --- p.32 / Chapter Chapter VI - --- Recommendations --- p.33 / Appendix A : Inference Tree --- p.34 / Appendix B: Cases Referenced in the Expert System --- p.48 / Appendix C: Program Listing --- p.64 / Tort.pro --- p.64 / Tdoms.pro --- p.67 / Status.pro --- p.68 / Tpreds.pro --- p.68 / Def.pro --- p.73 / Func.pro --- p.75 / Refcases.pro --- p.79 / Watstage.pro --- p.90 / Screen.pro --- p.92 / Duty.pro --- p.95 / "Breach, pro" --- p.100 / Causatio.pro --- p.106 / Remote.pro --- p.111 / Defense.pro --- p.111 / Appendix D: Bibliography --- p.118

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