Expert systems used as decision support tools have resulted in significant improvements in marketing decision making effectiveness and efficiency. This article provides a rationale for incorporating expert system technology into the marketing curriculum, presents an interdisciplinary expert system term project, and suggests guidelines for expert system term project development.
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