Artificial intelligence and accounting

Introduction: the impact of IT on basic accounting concepts and accounting education - an overview, Bernard Williams. Part 1 Economics: the impact of IT on "the economy", Peter Monk; information economics, Martin Walker; economic theories of information - a critique, Shaun Hargreaves Heap. Part 2 Finance: behaviour of the stock market under the influence on IT, D.E.Ayling; what is the pay-off from end-user computing? - evidence accumulating from the USA and UK, R.Price; computerization at the Trustee Savings Bank, Paul Willman and Mark Holding. Part 3 Financial accounting: the development of matrix-based accounting, Stewart Leech; an "events" approach to basic accounting theory, George Sorter; database accounting systems, Guido Geerts and W.E.McCarthy. Part 4 Management accounting: management accounting and information technology, Alan Gregory; the spreadsheet revolution and its impact on the budgeting process, Joan Ballantine; using computers as management tools, Paul Collier. Part 5 Tax and law: building competencies - the computerization of PAYE, Romano Dyerson and Michael Roper; professional negligence and the reasonableness defence in financial-legal expert systems - a developer's perspective, Vijay Mital and Les Johnson; the evidential status of computer output and communications, Robert Bradgate. Part 6 Quantitative methods: operational research and information technology - impacts and interactions, Valerie Belton; financial modelling - use or abuse?, Alyson McLintock and Bob Berry; technology on qualitative research - an overview, Bryan Pfaffenburger. Part 7 Business organization and policy: new technology and developments in management organization, John Child; the networked film, John Taylor and Howard Williams; the impact of information technology on small businesses and entrepreneurs, Nigel Bryant. Part 8 Special topics: artificial intelligence and accounting, N.A.D.Connell; computer crime, Barry Spaul; auditing and computers, Joh