Decision support for financial forecasting

Conference · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6854525

Jairam, B N; Morris, J D; Emrich, M L; Hardee, H K

A primary mission of the Budget Management Division of the Air Force is fiscal analysis. This involves formulating, justifying, and tracking financial data during budget preparation and execution. An essential requirement of this process is the ready availability and easy manipulation of past and current budget data. This necessitates the decentralization of the data. A prototypical system, BAFS (Budget Analysis and Forecasting System), that provides such a capability is presented. In its current state, the system is designed to be a decision support tool. A brief report of the budget decisions and activities is presented. The system structure and its major components are discussed. An insight into the implementation strategies and the tool used is provided. The paper concludes with a discussion of future enhancements and the system's evolution into an expert system. 4 refs., 3 figs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6854525
• Report Number(s): CONF-8810187-5; ON: DE89002322
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990100* -- Management
BUDGETS
COST
DATA
DECISION MAKING
EQUIPMENT
EXPERT SYSTEMS
FINANCIAL DATA
FORECASTING
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
MATHEMATICS
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
STATISTICS