AN EXPERT-SYSTEM FOR POLICE INVESTIGATORS OF ECONOMIC CRIMES

This article discusses the design and development of an expert system to assist fraud investigators. In general, police investigation activity is knowledge-intensive, requires frequent interruptions, searches from effect to cause, and uses many different reasoning abilities. The need to deal with these characteristics cost-effectively has prompted this project and has resulted in a rule-based expert system to support investigations. The system was developed and tested with the help of members of a police force. The article discusses the system's development implementation and possible future enhancements. In general, a system to help the investigation of fraud can be useful to banks, insurance companies, and organizations dealing with the stock market to help examine incidents against and within their organizations. In the area of loan or credit evaluation expert systems, the conclusions indicate the need to use evidence for and against conclusions instead of assuming that given information is correct.