Expert Systems with Applications

Editor-in-Chief J. Liebowitz Orkand Endowed Chair in Management and Technology, Graduate School of Management and Technology, University of Maryland University College, 3501 University Blvd East, Adelphi, 20783-8030, USA, Editorial Advisory Board Wm. Agresti The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, E. Balagurusamy PSG Inst. of Management, Coimbatore, India, H. Bergkvist ATTEXOR S.A., Ecublens Lausanne, Switzerland, D.C. Berry University of Reading, Reading, UK, B.A. Bremdal University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, F.J. Cantu Inst. Technolgico y de Estudios, Monterrey NL, Mexico, H. Carson George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA, J.P. Coyne Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing, MI, USA, K. Dalkir McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, R. Davis Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, L.B. Eliot University of Southern California (USC), Long Beach, CA, USA, E. Feigenbaum Stanford University, Stanford, USA, J. Feinstein George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA, R. Fjellheim Computas A.S., Sandvika, Norway, K. Fordyce IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hurley, NY, USA, E.H. Forman George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA, S. Fox University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, B.R. Gaines Cobble Hill, BC, Canada, S.K. Goyal GTE Laboratories, Waltham, MA, USA, P. Harmon Harmon Associates, San Francisco, CA, USA, J.K. Lee KAIST Business School, Seoul, South Korea, D. Lesjak International School for Social and Business Studies, Celje, Slovenia, B. Lin Louisiana State University at Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, USA, V. Milacic University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, A.D. Narasimhalu Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore, D. O'Leary University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA, R. Rada University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD, USA, J.L. Rash NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA, W. Reitman Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, NY, USA, D. Schutzer City Corp. Investment Bank, New York, NY, USA, R. Shumaker Navy Ctr. for Applied Res. in Artificial Intelligence, Washington, DC, USA, R. Slagle Houston, TX, USA, D. Specht Brandenburgische Technische Universität (BTU), Cottbus, Germany, C.Y. Suen Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada, E. Turban University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kiehi, HI, USA, I.B. Turksen University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, J. Vanthienen Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, R.G. Vedder University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA, E. Weinman Software Productivity Group, Northborough, MA, USA, M. White Datanamics Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, USA, J.R. Wright AT&T Research, Florham Park, NJ, USA